Costantino il grande

This is pretty much the cream of the crop of Italian Spaghetti Sword and Sandal Films, most of which were catastrophically bad. This one, however, has very good direction, and a few solid performances among the ensemble cast.

Cornel Wilde makes the film a cut above average with his substantial acting skills. Other notable roles are Fausto Tozzi as Hadrian, Christine Kaufman as Livia, the love of Hadrian, and Massimo Serato as the contentious Maxentius. It is very important to see this film in its remastered form, as the original Embassy Studio versions are vastly inferior in quality.

The story of the rise of Constantine is historically interesting, and relatively accurate, as opposed to several other Hollywood treatments of historical figures (like Genghis Khan for example).