
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.
- Runtime
- 30m
- Released
- 2004
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 2004
Storyline
An all-singing, all-dancing, star-spangled musical leap around the biblical story of the Nativity, set in 1972. With a comic twist, this familiar story is brought to life through the eyes of the innkeeper. Despairing after a bad year, he contemplates suicide but his attempt is stalled by a voice from above who points out that King Herod is coming to town.
Top credits
Matt Berry — Innkeeper, Tim Wynde
Julia Davis — Ruth
Julian Barratt — Tony Iscariot
Richard Ayoade — Joseph
Did you know
• Lucy Montgomery's debut.
User reviews
Matt Berry and Ayoade are weird, creative guys
Perhaps the most perfectly realised retelling of the nativity put to screen.
AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004)
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Stereo
- Aspect ratio
- 16 : 9
- Color
- Color














