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Release Date:
4 December 1953 (France)
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The First Picture on the New Miracle Curved Screen ! more
Plot:
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus...
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Won 2 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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4 nominations
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(5 articles)
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'There's only one man at whose side I pray to sit.'
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Richard Burton | ... | Marcellus Gallio |
 | Jean Simmons | ... | Diana |
 | Victor Mature | ... | Demetrius |
 | Michael Rennie | ... | Peter |
 | Jay Robinson | ... | Caligula |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Justus |
| Torin Thatcher | ... | Sen. Gallio |
 | Richard Boone | ... | Pontius Pilate |
| Betta St. John | ... | Miriam |
| Jeff Morrow | ... | Paulus |
| Ernest Thesiger | ... | Emperor Tiberius |
| Dawn Addams | ... | Junia |
 | Leon Askin | ... | Abidor |
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135 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (CinemaScope version) |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (re-release) |
Mono (Academy ratio version)
Certification:
Iceland:L |
West Germany:12 (f) |
South Korea:All |
Portugal:M/12 |
Finland:S |
Sweden:15 |
UK:U |
USA:Approved (PCA #16441) |
Argentina:Atp
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The second movie made in CinemaScope, but the first to be released (Sept. 16, 1953). The first film to be made in CinemaScope was How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) and was released Nov. 4, 1953.
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Factual errors: There are repeated references to galleys leaving Rome for Palestine (and vise versa) "on the next tide". The tides in the Mediterranean Sea are too slight to be of concern to sailors.
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Quotes:
Marcellus Gallio:
Surely you don't believe he rose from the dead.
Justus: He lives more surely than we do.
Marcellus Gallio: He's DEAD! And no moonstruck girl can sing him to life again!
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Justus: He lives more surely than we do.
Marcellus Gallio: He's DEAD! And no moonstruck girl can sing him to life again!
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Featured in "American Masters: None Without Sin" (2003)
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The film opens in Rome in the 18th year of the emperor Tiberius (Ernest Thesiger). Rome's legions stand guard on the boundaries of civilization from the foggy coasts of the northern seas to the ancient rivers of Babylon…
Today the slave market is crowded because the emperor's heir and regent, the young Caligula (Jay Robinson) is coming to buy gladiators… He probably will not be pleased to see Tribune Marcellus Gallio…
Marcellus (Richard Burton) forgot the promise he made to Diana (Jean Simmons) to marry her when they grew up… They were friends many years ago when they were children… Now, since her father death, Diana has been the ward of the emperor and his wife… Empress Julia (Rosalind Ivan) thinks she could be good for Caligula…
At the auction, Caligula leaves the place very angry… Marcellus buys a rebellious Greek with the name of Demetrius (Victor Mature) to be his personal attendant…
Few hours later, Marcellus pays the consequences for humiliating Caligula, and is ordered to the garrison at Jerusalem, the worst pest-hole in the empire where the people are always on the verge of rebellion… Caligula hoped by this order to give Marcellus his death sentence… Senator Gallio (Torin Thatcher) asks his son Marcellus to be above all a Roman and a man of honor…
On the deck before the galley set sail to Palestine, Diana appears to tell Marcellus that she's going back to Capri to ask the emperor to intercede for him… Marcellus didn't believe that a girl of 11 could fall in love and stay in love all these years…
All the spirit of the age is present in Koster's epic: The wilderness of the land of Galilee; the massage relaxing area; the terrifying meeting of Demetrius with one of Jesus' disciples; the Roman procurator of Judea asking to wash his hands more than once; the tribune's first battle trophy, for victory over the king of the Jews; the spectacular sword fight between two officers of the empire; and a lost robe in the hands of a runaway slave...
Richard Burton is the brave Tribune who renews his pledge of loyalty to his emperor and to Rome; Jean Simmons is lovely as the exquisite maiden who stands firmly besides her love; Victor Mature is brave and spirited as the Greek slave; Michael Rennie is serious and profound in thoughts and manners as Simon the Galilean; Jay Robinson is terrific as the vicious, treacherous young Caligula drunk with power; Dean Jagger is full of devotion and reverence as the humble and honest Justus; Ernest Thesiger is efficient enough as the austere Tiberius; Betta St. John is so sweet as the disabled believer Miriam; and Torin Thatcher is too helpless as the proud Senator…
It is notable that Jesus of Nazareth is seen from far away riding a white donkey with all the people around carrying palms and as a tortured figure, impossible to discern lying beneath the heavy cross... Henry Koster restraints with dignity the recreation of the execution carried out at Calvary, outside Jerusalem...