Not quite the dream boat he was in the 1940's, rugged Cornel Wilde tries his best at being sincere in this European religious epic that fails to convince as far as facts are concerned. Poor dubbing and lack of restoration have taken the quality down to a barely acceptable level, although the dubbed voices are ultra clear. It surrounds Western Roman prince Constantine's discovery of his own Christian heritage as he fights Rone to save Christians from being sent to the lions. Having discovered that Christians nursed him back to health after being attacked on the road, he comes to care about saving lives even though it makes him enemies in Rome.
Every religious epic must have a dark haired vixen, and exotic looking Belinda Lee is the Roman princess he becomes betrothed to although he's in love with a blonde Christian peasant. This is far from being a bad film although some of the dialog is quite laughable. The sets look recycled, and costumes the same for this era of Roman Empire history as they were during the days of the Claudians. This reminds me of the type of film that my Catacism class would show when I was a child with the nuns explaining that thus wasn't supposed to represent what the era was really like but to aid us with a visual tool to help us better understand what may have transpired nearly 2000 years before.
Every religious epic must have a dark haired vixen, and exotic looking Belinda Lee is the Roman princess he becomes betrothed to although he's in love with a blonde Christian peasant. This is far from being a bad film although some of the dialog is quite laughable. The sets look recycled, and costumes the same for this era of Roman Empire history as they were during the days of the Claudians. This reminds me of the type of film that my Catacism class would show when I was a child with the nuns explaining that thus wasn't supposed to represent what the era was really like but to aid us with a visual tool to help us better understand what may have transpired nearly 2000 years before.