King of Kings (1961)

Gérard Tichy: Joseph

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• Lucius : [Arriving at Jesus' home in Nazareth on horseback with another Roman soldier and greeting the Holy Family]  Have no fear. We're simply checking the census against the tax rolls.

  [Reading from a scroll] 

  Lucius : Now, you are... Joseph. And you live here with your wife Mary.

  Joseph : That is so.

  Lucius : [Pointing to Jesus]  Who's this boy?

  Virgin Mary : My son, Jesus.

  Lucius : [Looking at the scroll again]  I have no record of His birth. When was He born?

  Virgin Mary : Twelve years ago.

  Lucius : Where?

  Virgin Mary : In Bethlehem.

  [Jesus walks away] 

  Lucius : [Realizing Jesus must have survived the killing of the young boys in Bethlehem which he commanded on Herod's orders 12 years before, and after a long, tense pause]  Bethlehem?

  [Mary slowly nods "yes"] 

  Lucius : [to the other Roman soldier, who then rides away]  Count those in the next house.

  [to Mary] 

  Lucius : See that the boy is registered before the year is out.

  [Lucius himself rides away, after which Joseph and Mary look at each other with relief]