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The Sign of the Cross
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The Emperor and Empress
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Claudette Colbert and Charles Laughton
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Capturing the Christians
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Fredric March and Elissa Landi
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Claudette Colbert Milk Bath
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Entering the Arena
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Details, Plot
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Title: The Sign of the Cross
Runtime: 108 Min
Year: 1932
Genres: Drama - History
Cast: Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Arthur Hohl, Harry Beresford, Tommy Conlon, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Vivian Tobin, William V. Mong, Joyzelle Joyner, Richard Alexander, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Burton
Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille


PLOT

After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and 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 and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.


Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Writers: Wilson Barrett (play), Waldemar Young (screenplay) and Sidney Buchman (screenplay), Dudley Nichols 1944 prologue (uncredited), Henryk Sienkiewicz novel "Quo Vadis" (uncredited source)
Awards: 1934- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Cinematography Karl Struss (NOMINATED)
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The Sign of the Cross Actors
Fredric March Fredric March
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Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi Elissa Landi
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Mercia
Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert
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Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton Charles Laughton
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Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar