:04:01
- What have you to report?
- This is very interesting, sire.
:04:04
This is the report of Pontius Pilate,
our governor in Jerusalem.
:04:07
- The legends of a Messiah have...
- Don't waste my time with legends.
:04:12
l want to know one thing.
Gallio and the lady Diana...
:04:16
Why weren't they afraid to die?
:04:19
Perhaps they're not dead, sire.
:04:22
- Not dead?
- According to their superstition.
:04:25
Their king, this Jesus,
claims to have ''overcome death,...
:04:28
..not only for himself,
but for all who had faith in him''.
:04:31
These are his words as a spy reported them.
:04:35
You mean those Christians
thought they were going to live for ever?
:04:39
- Ridiculous.
- Of course, but the point is they believed it.
:04:42
Therefore they were not afraid.
:04:45
Everyone's afraid of death.
:04:48
Take you, my dear uncle.
:04:50
Are you prepared to die now?
:04:53
Of course you're not.
:04:55
You're sweating. Your knees are shaking.
:04:59
Very amusing.
:05:01
Death's one inch from your heart,
one little push on the dagger.
:05:05
Shall l, Claudius?
:05:07
lf you do, sire, my knees will stop shaking,...
:05:10
..l will not sweat any more.
:05:12
l won't be half as amusing dead as l am alive.
:05:16
The question is: are you alive?
:05:20
Would you say so, Messalina?
:05:22
As his wife, you're in
the best position to know.
:05:26
My devotion to my husband
is well known, sire.
:05:29
lt's the talk of the Forum.
:05:31
And your devotion to your emperor?
:05:35
Your wife is truly beautiful, Uncle.
:05:39
Except for her ears.
:05:41
They're shaped like keyholes.
:05:45
Who are your spies at court?
:05:48
Never mind. l'll find out.
:05:57
Suppose it were true. Suppose this Jesus
had found the secret of eternal life.