La spada e la croce (The Sword and the Cross / 1958 Bragaglia), feature film
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La spada e la croce <Italian> / The Sword and the Cross (1958) is a feature film (sound, color, 105m), directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia.
Abstract
During a revolt in Judea, Roman centurion Caio Marcello rescues Maria Magdalene, a beautiful courtesan, from the hands of her captor, Barabbas. The two fall in love but the girl flees to Jerusalem, where she meets Jesus and becomes her follower. Starring Yvonne DeCarlo (Maria Maddalena), and Jorge Mistral (Caio Marcello).
Cast
- Yvonne De Carlo as Mary Magdalene
- Jorge Mistral as Gaio Marcello
- Rossana Podestà as Marta
- Massimo Serato as Anan
- Andrea Aureli as Barabbas
- Mario Girotti as Lazarus
- Nando Tamberlani as Caiaphas
- Philippe Hersent as Pontius Pilate
- Rossana Rory as Claudia
Production
Produced in Italy (1958).
Released in Italy (22 December 1958); West Germany (10 July 1959); Finland (2 December 1960); ... .
External links
Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- 1958
- Fiction--1950s
- Fiction--Italian
- Cinema--1950s
- Feature Films
- Italian language--1950s
- Christian Origins Studies--1950s
- Christian Origins Studies--Fiction
- Christian Origins Studies--Italian
- Life of Mary Magdalene (subject)
- Mary Magdalene (subject)
- Mary Magdalene--fiction (subject)
- Mary Magdalene--cinema (subject)
- See also:
- Roman centurion--cinema (subject)
- Barabbas--cinema (subject)
- Lazarus--cinema (subject)
- Caiaphas--cinema (subject)
- Pilate--cinema (subject)
- Pilate's wife--cinema (subject)
- Judas Iscariot--cinema (subject)