Il vecchio testamento, released in English as The Old Testament, and in Spanish, Los Macabeos (The Maccabees), is a 1962 Italian/French widescreen international co-production epic film shot in Yugoslavia.

In the wilderness, the Syrian government forces and Mattathias's rebels clash, a battle that claims many lives.

Judas Maccabeus, the son of Mattathias, assumes command for a time of them, but he too falls in battle and his brother Jonathan Apphus takes over.

In a speech he announces that the captured Syrian soldiers are to be released so that they can report on the power and leniency of the Jews.

A notable difference the film has is that it seemingly portrays the hostile Antiochus IV Epiphanes as more of a local governor than a distant king.