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''The Sword and the Cross'' () is a 1958
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directed by
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ...
and starring
Yvonne De Carlo Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s a ...
as
Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...
. Shot in English and later dubbed in Italian, the film was released in the United States in 1960 as ''Mary Magdalene''.


Cast

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Yvonne De Carlo Margaret Yvonne Middleton (September 1, 1922January 8, 2007), known professionally as Yvonne De Carlo, was a Canadian-American actress, dancer and singer. She became a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film star and sex symbol in the 1940s a ...
as
Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his cr ...
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Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972), known professionally as Jorge Mistral, was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in Mexico and appeare ...
as Gaius Marcellus *
Rossana Podestà Rossana Podestà (born Carla Dora Podestà; 20 June 1934 – 10 December 2013) was an Italian actress who worked mainly in Italy from the 1950s to the 1970s. Biography Podestà was born in Tripoli, Libya, Tripoli in the Italian colony of Italia ...
as Martha * Massimo Serato as Anan *
Andrea Aureli Andrea Aureli (5 March 1923 – 5 November 2007) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Terni, Aureli graduated from the Liceo classico in his hometown, then he enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating i ...
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Barabbas According to the New Testament, Barabbas () was a Jewish bandit and rabble-rouser who was imprisoned by the Judaea (Roman province), Roman occupation in Jerusalem, only to be chosen over Jesus by a crowd to be pardoned by Roman governor Pontius ...
* Mario Girotti as
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Nando Tamberlani Nando Tamberlani (1896–1967) was an Italian actor. A character actor in Italian cinema of the postwar era, he was the brother of actor Carlo Tamberlani. Another brother Ermete Tamberlani was also an actor. He appeared in a number of peplum epi ...
as
Caiaphas Joseph ben Caiaphas (; c. 14 BC – c. 46 AD) was the High Priest of Israel during the first century. In the New Testament, the Gospels of Gospel of Matthew, Matthew, Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John indicate he was an organizer of ...
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Pontius Pilate Pontius Pilate (; ) was the Roman administration of Judaea (AD 6–135), fifth governor of the Judaea (Roman province), Roman province of Judaea, serving under Emperor Tiberius from 26/27 to 36/37 AD. He is best known for being the official wh ...
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Rossana Rory Rossana Rory (7 August 1927 – 1 April 2020) was an Italian actress best known for her performance as Norma in Mario Monicelli's caper film '' Big Deal on Madonna Street'' (1958). Career Rory began working as a model at the age of seventeen, ...
as Claudia


Production

De Carlo was signed for the film in May 1958. The film's director,
Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia (8 July 1894 – 4 January 1998) was an Italian film director whose career spanned from the 1930s to the mid-1960s. He mainly directed adventure pictures and popular comedies, including some starring Totò. His 1942 f ...
, later remembered that the "producer, Ottavio Poggi, had sent the provisional script to America, so Yvonne De Carlo could read it and decide on her participation in the film. She read it and got very excited, agreeing to play the role of Magdalene." Edgar G. Ulmer was reportedly preparing another project on Magdalene with Ottavio Poggi. De Carlo left for Rome in July 1958. Filming took place in Rome in August through to November 1958 at Cinecettà Studios. A working title for the film was ''The Great Sinner''.


Release

Although the film was shot under the English title ''The Sword and the Cross'', another Italian film with that name (''Le schiave di Cartagine'' aka ''Slaves of Carthage'') starring
Gianna Maria Canale Gianna Maria Canale (12 September 1927 – 13 February 2009) was an Italian film actress. Biography Canale was born in 1927 in Reggio Calabria. In 1947, she competed in the Miss Italia beauty contest, where she was runner-up to Lucia B ...
and
Jorge Mistral Modesto Llosas Rosell (24 November 1920 – 20 April 1972), known professionally as Jorge Mistral, was a Spanish film actor. During the 1940s, he became a star in films produced by CIFESA. In the 1950s, he lived and worked in Mexico and appeare ...
, was released un the US in 1960.


Critical reception

The ''Los Angeles Times'' called the film "sluggish". Gary Allen Smith, in his book ''Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies'', described the film as "above average."


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* 1958 films 1950s historical drama films 1958 drama films Italian historical drama films 1950s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia Religious epic films Films set in the 1st century Films set in the Roman Empire Portrayals of Mary Magdalene in film Cultural depictions of Pontius Pilate Sword-and-sandal films Caiaphas Cultural depictions of Judas Iscariot 1950s multilingual films Italian multilingual films 1950s Italian films English-language historical drama films Films about Catholicism Italian-language historical drama films {{historic-film-stub