The King of Kings: The Passion animated for kids this Easter

The story of Jesus Christ as told by Charles Dickens and seen through the innocent eyes of a child is on-screen at cinemas in Malta from April 16

April 13, 2025| Times2|01 min read
Screenshot of The King of Kings 2025 (Angel Studios)Screenshot of The King of Kings 2025 (Angel Studios)

The animated story of The Passion, as narrated by Charles Dickens for his innocent and wide-eyed son Walter and Walter’s mischievous cat, is hitting our screens this week and it promises to be excellent entertainment for this school holiday.

Five-year-old Walter Dickens with boundless energy and his sword in his hand, is obsessed with the story of King Arthur, and the story begins with a Walter, like Peter-Pan, flying across the stage of a theatre into the midst of a performance of Dicken’s A Christmas Carol announcing that he’s the one true king. It’s an unexpected start to a biblical film as it falls to the famous nineteenth-century novelist to explain to his young progeny how Jesus trounces King Arthur in the King of Kings stakes.

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