The young Jeremiah grows up in a priest's family in the village of Anathoth, near Jerusalem. God appears to Jeremiah in different human guises on several occasions, and makes it clear that he has been selected to announce God's message to the people of Jerusalem.
Acting
Klaus Maria Brandauer's deliciously petty Nebuchadnezzar
Costume
Biblical robes that scream 'made for cable'
Director
Harry Winer
Patrick Dempsey
Jeremiah
Oliver Reed
General Safan
Klaus Maria Brandauer
King Nebuchadnezzar
Leonor Varela
Judith
Anna Maguire
Young Girl
Anita Zagaria
Jeremiah's Mother
Vincent Regan
King Sedecia
Andrea Occhipinti
King Joiakim
Michael Cronin
Chelkia
Stuart Bunce
Baruch
Simon Kunz
Gemariah
Silas Carson
Hananiah
Franco Castellano
Babylonian Minister
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was part of a TNT Bible Collection series that also included Joseph, Moses, and David—basically the Avengers of 90s biblical adaptations.
Oliver Reed died later that same year, making this one of his final performances—fittingly theatrical and unhinged.
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