The movie The Seventh Sign had such a character.
Are you sure you don’t mean ‘The Seventh Seal’ directed by Ingmar Bergman, the Swede? I saw it a ‘ton’ of years ago.
Black & White.
The Roman centurion that witnessed the crucifixion. Partially based on Longinus, which apocrypha says pierced the side of Jesus and later converted to Christianity.
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