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A.D.

Name: A.D.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Ben Vereen, Tony Vogel, Vincent Riotta, Rebecca Saire

1985 · 1 season, 5 episodes · 150m episodes · Drama · NBC · United States

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.

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Vincenzo Labella, Anthony Burgess

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Susan Sarandon, Ben Vereen, Tony Vogel, Vincent Riotta, Rebecca Saire, Tom Durham

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1st centuryancient romeapostlebased on novel or bookbibleminiseriesneronew testament

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Jesus of Nazareth1977 · Writer Anthony Burgess Marco Polo1982 · Writer Vincenzo Labella The Long Hot Summer1985 · Director Stuart Cooper Ellis Island1984 · Cinematographer Ennio Guarnieri