Pilate: The Man Who Killed Christ / Понтий Пилат - человек, убивший Христа (2004)

Who was Pontius Pilate? Strip away Christian mythology and a vivid portrait of a flesh-and-blood Roman emerges. A Roman man who had the unenviable task of maintaining order within the Empire. Pilate’s biography provides an unrivalled snapshot of 1st Century Judea: the realpolitik of Roman governance, and the factional nature of Jewish society. At the heart of this film is the story of Christ’s trial and execution, re-imagined from Pilate’s point of view. The Roman Prefect saw no real reason to condemn Christ to death, but equally little reason to jeopardise the peace by making a stand.