What a beautifully realized scene this is: Marina Berti as Elizabeth and the incandescent Olivia Hussey as Mary, showing Franco Zeffirelli’s vision of The Visitation in “Jesus of Nazareth.” The painterly composition and staging offer an elegance and artistry you rarely see on television anymore — it aired around the world in 1977 — and gives us a welcome reminder of what the late Olivia Hussey brought to the role. May she rest in peace.
