Movie Reviews for The Sign of the Cross 1933
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Depraved Emperor Nero (Laughton) decides he wants a new city so he burns down Rome--blaming the fire on the Christians he also wants to get rid of (preferably by the lions in the arena). Meanwhile, Marcus (March), the Roman Prefect, has fallen for the virginal Christian Mercia (Landi) and risks his life to save her. Besides Laughton's overwhelmingly hammy performance, Colbert slinks seductively as the emperor's vixenish wife, Poppaea. Again, lots of crowd scenes (DeMille's specialty). Based on the play by Wilson Barrett.
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Available on (VHS) Running time 125 minutes.
Cast and Crew
- Genres
- Historical Drama, Religious Epics, Royalty, Adapted from a Play, Rome--Ancient
- Screenplay
- Waldemar Young, Sidney Buchman
- Cast
- Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Charles Laughton, Claudette Colbert, Ian Keith, Harry Beresford, Arthur Hohl, Nat Pendleton
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Music
- Rudolph Kopp
- Producer
- Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount Pictures
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