The $20M Epic That KILLED an Entire Hollywood Genre

The director of The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) filmed Dachau with his own camera — and his footage was used as evidence at Nuremberg. That's why he spent a decade making a film about the exact opposite of what he witnessed. We count down 15 weird facts about the biblical epic that bankrupted a studio and killed an entire genre: the unknown Swede who learned his Jesus phonetically, the Roman army that quit to vote in a tribal election, John Wayne's infamous "say it with awe" cameo, and the canyon Stevens raced to film before a dam drowned it forever. Too long, too star-stuffed, too expensive — and made by a man who needed to believe something better than what he'd seen was possible. Terrible reputation, or underrated masterpiece? Make the case below. 👇 #GreatestStoryEverTold #GeorgeStevens #MaxVonSydow #JohnWayne #ClassicHollywood #FilmHistory #OldHollywood #MovieFacts #BiblicalEpic #CinemaHistory