Details
- Release: Mar 31 1985
- Language: English
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 5
Overview
A.D. is a 1985 television drama miniseries created and written by Vincenzo Labella and Anthony Burgess, based on Burgess' historical novel The Kingdom of the Wicked. The five-part serial is considered the third and final part of a trilogy, preceded by Moses the Lawgiver (1974) and Jesus of Nazareth (1977). Set just after Jesus' Crucifixion, the lives and adventures of His disciples are explored, and events in Rome during the reigns of Emperors Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero.
Credits
Ian McShane
Sejanus
Susan Sarandon
Livilla
James Mason
Tiberius
Richard Roundtree
Serpenius
Diane Venora
Corinna
Paul Freeman
Cornelius
Richard Kiley
Claudius
Anthony Zerbe
Pontius Pilatus
Anthony Andrews
Nero
Ava Gardner
Agrippina
Ben Vereen
Ethiopian
Jack Warden
Nerva
Akosua Busia
Acte
Amanda Pays
Sarah
John Houseman
Gamaliel
Vernon Dobtcheff
Flavius Sabinus
David Hedison
Porcius Festus
John McEnery
Caligula
Fernando Rey
Seneca
Colleen Dewhurst
Antonia