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Enrique Irazoqui(1944-2020)

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Enrique Irazoqui in The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.
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Enrique Irazoqui was a Spanish economics student, the son of a Spanish father and Italian mother, who after meeting in a political event was cast by Pasolini to play the role of Jesus in "The Gospel according to St. Matthew" (1964). After this film, Irazoqui was the leading actor in two films of the School of Barcelona, "Noche de vino tinto" and "Dante no es unicamente severo", both of 1966.
BornJuly 5, 1944
DiedSeptember 16, 2020(76)
BornJuly 5, 1944
DiedSeptember 16, 2020(76)
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Known for

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
The Gospel According to St. Matthew
7.6
  • Cristo
  • 1964
Enrique Irazoqui and Serena Vergano in Noche de vino tinto (1967)
Noche de vino tinto
6.1
  • Chico
  • 1967
Dante no es únicamente severo (1967)
Dante no es únicamente severo
6.2
  • El hombre
  • 1967
A la soledat (2008)
A la soledat
6.6
  • Actor
  • 2008

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  • Cenestesia (2019)
    Cenestesia
    • Nunes
    • 2019
  • Vinicio Capossela: Il povero Cristo (2019)
    Vinicio Capossela: Il povero Cristo
    Music Video
    • Enrique Irazoqui
    • 2019
  • Il vangelo secondo Mattei (2016)
    Il vangelo secondo Mattei
    7.1
    • Gesù
    • 2016
  • El aullido (2009)
    El aullido
    Short
    • 2009
  • A la soledat (2008)
    A la soledat
    6.6
    • 2008
  • Elizabeth Hurley and Jacques Penot in The Long Winter (1992)
    The Long Winter
    6.0
    • Huésped
    • 1992
  • Dante no es únicamente severo (1967)
    Dante no es únicamente severo
    6.2
    • El hombre
    • 1967
  • Enrique Irazoqui and Serena Vergano in Noche de vino tinto (1967)
    Noche de vino tinto
    6.1
    • Chico
    • 1967
  • The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
    The Gospel According to St. Matthew
    7.6
    • Cristo
    • 1964

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  • Born
    • July 5, 1944
    • Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Died
    • September 16, 2020
    • Spain(undisclosed)
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    His very first film and the very last are related to biblical figures: he got world famous for playing Jesus in Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) and his final film was playing John the Baptist in The New Gospel (2020).

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