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The Sign of the Cross

1932
Drama
2h 5m
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, & issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, & about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her & frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) & with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous. (imdb)
Directed by:
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil B. DeMille
Written by:
Waldemar Young Wilson Barrett
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Starring:
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton Fredric March Fredric March Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert Ian Keith Ian Keith Arthur Hohl Arthur Hohl Nat Pendleton Nat Pendleton Harry Beresford William V. Mong Elissa Landi Elissa Landi Vivian Tobin Ferdinand Gottschalk Tommy Conlon
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Genre:
Drama
Country:
USA
Language:
English
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1932
Drama
2h 5m
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mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 07 Feb 2022
60
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30 years before the Sword-and-S(c)andal epics died a deserved death, SotC reached peak absurdent genre indulgence in opulent form. (It’s so Catholic, all the Catholics flipped out with their own film censorship board.): Laughton manspreading flanked by two beefcakes fanning him after his wife takes a bath and possible lesbian fling in milk and he has the gall to proclaim, “Ough! What dellicious debaucherreay!” The austere redemptive Christian symbolism is frankly hysterical in context.
Rated 07 Feb 2022
punqPUNQ
Rated 26 Apr 2013
50
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For such a grand production "The Sign of the Cross" wasn't that grand of an experience. It deserves all it's criticism for being boring as it gets. The fantastic parts is usually involving Claudette Colbert in all her glory with the bathing sequence being the most amazing. The wast variety of Coliseum killings was also enjoyable for an entire different reason. Well, even with it's faults I was still able to enjoy bits and pieces and find quality hidden. Got to be in the right mood to like this.
Rated 26 Apr 2013
hotsakehotsake
Rated 02 Jan 2022
63
59th
The film is very stagey and that's not an entirely bad thing but neither side seems to be all that great. The movie is too long for what you get and it seems really small scale.
Rated 02 Jan 2022
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 01 Dec 2022
80
64th
O Sinal da Cruz tinha sua première há 90 anos nos EUA. Normalmente não sou muito fã do DeMille, mas o ultraje pre-code que este causou nas senhoiras católicas pela moralidade vale muito a pena aqui. BlurayRip RARBG.
Rated 01 Dec 2022

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