He Who Must Die (French: Celui qui doit mourir) is a 1957 French-Italian film directed by Jules Dassin.

It is based on the novel Christ Recrucified (also published as The Greek Passion) by Nikos Kazantzakis.

[1] In a Turkish-occupied Greek village shortly after World War I, villagers put on a Passion Play, with ordinary people taking the roles of Jesus, Peter, Judas, etc.

Staging the play leads to them rebelling against their Turkish rulers in a way that mirrors Jesus's story.

It was favorably reviewed in Time and The New Yorker, and received awards in communist eastern Europe (Dassin was well known for his left-wing views), and even some liberal Catholics praised it.