The German version of the passion film The Galilean has not survived.
In 1995 the Bundesarchive-Film archive reconstructed this film
together with the Dutch Film Museum and the German Institute
for Film Sciences in the context of a Lumière project.
Basis for the reconstruction was the oldest existing version with Dutch intertitles.
The German intertitles were made after the censor record of 12-11-1921 in a neutral form.
Video material from other versions was used to improve the quality. Foreign versions were not considered.
The Passion Play ("The Galilean") A mystery in 5 reels by Dimitri Buchowetzki and Stats Hagen
1st reel.
"Healthy - the incurably ill?!"
"He brings us light in our darkness!!"
"Jairus daughter, cold and dead in the open grave, his holy hand awakened to new life! I saw, I saw the godly miracle!"
"He's coming, he's coming!"
"Jesus of Nazareth! He's coming!"
The market in the temple.
"The Galilean is coming!"
"Danger is here! Danger for the law! Danger for its priests!"
The entry.
"Lord, give light to the blind! That I may see your holy eye and pray!"
"I believe, I believe in you!"
"And because you believe, god's omnipotence helps you! I want you to see!"
"Merciful god - I see!"
"Hosanna, the prophet!"
Judas Iscariot.
The priests.
"The house of the father, the holy temple! A market! A place of usury!"
"Can you forbid, what the high council allows?!"
"And should the good money, that this trade brings, be lost?!"
"Away with you!"
"Woe, Israel, woe on you! Jehovah's chosen people you are no longer!"
End of the 1st reel.
2nd reel.
The farewell.
Maria.
Magdalene.
"Live well! The father calls! Live well!"
"Stay! Beloved master, stay!"
"My son! Go your way, that god gave you to go! He gives the motherheart strength, that it does not break!"
"He must be destroyed! You are right!"
"But how to catch him? For the people worship him who is closely surrounded by loyal friends."
"A boy is there who envies Jesus and loves silver! Buy him and the Galilean is yours"
"Who is it?"
"Judas Iscariot!"
"See, master, see the old holy city! How beautiful it is in the red of the sunset!"
"Woe you, Jerusalem, blind to the omnipotent rule! Over your glory,
your people, your temple, woe! Destroyed, gone like sand in the desert wind!"
The supper.
"This is my body."
"This is my blood, that is being given for you and all, all whose earthly life is pressed with sin and burden!"
Nathan.
The rabbi.
Caiphas.
"Your luck is here, before you, in your hand! You will be rich
and a respected man, in the people and before the high council!"
"This very night you shall have him!"
"There is one among you, who will betray me!"
"And what happens then, when he is captured?"
"He dies!"
End of the 2nd reel.
3rd reel.
In the garden Gethesemane.
"Wait and pray!"
"Lord, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me!"
"Your will, eternal one, be done!"
"How will we recognize the Galilean?"
"Him, whom I will kiss, is it!"
"You love me, and yet sleep was stronger than your love."
"The hour has come!"
"Judas! Judas! With a kiss you betray me!"
"Well-chosen witnesses are ready! A quick verdict is secure!"
"The priests were not protected - On the Sabbat the heretic heals the sick!"
"The adulteress he protected from the lawful stoning!"
"You called yourself a messiah, speak, I order you! Are you the messiah, son of god?"
"You say it, I am it!"
"What becomes them, who scorn gods priests?"
"Death!"
"What becomes the sabbat violator? He, who protects the sinner!"
"Death!"
"And he, who insolently blasphemed god himself."
"Death and death again!"
"So hear your verdict, heretic, blasphemer! And become death's!"
End of the 3rd reel.
4th reel.
"Jesus of Nazareth, he is sentenced to death!"
"He betrayed the Nazarene!"
"The governor must confirm and carry out the verdict! The emperor denied us the right to shed blood(?)!"
"You sentenced the master to death!"
"The master, release the master!"
"Away with you!"
"You are paid! And you've nothing left to demand!"
"Woe is me, woe is me, woe is you!"
"I find no guilt on him!"
"Take him and flog him!"
"The people should decide!"
"King of the jews, your crown!"
"And here your sceptre, mighty king!"
Before the prison door.
"He has scorned Moses' law! He must die!"
"He has blasphemed god's priests!"
"He is to die, die!"
"On to Pilate!"
End of the 4th reel.
5th reel.
"Speak!"
"See, what a man! Does his misery not touch you?!"
"Crucify him!"
"Barabbas!"
"Barabbas sentenced to death for robbery and murder."
"They demand his death!"
"Choose!"
"Barabbas, free Barabbas!"
"His blood be on you!"
"His blood be on us and our children! We take it on ourselves!"
"Release the murderer!"
"Crucify him!"
"The two convicted murderers suffer the crucifixion together with Jesus."
The road to Golgotha.
And they forced Simon of Cyrene, to carry the cross with him.
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!"
"It is completed!"
The earth shook and the temple swayed and cries filled the wretched city!
"Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."
The end.