Costantino il grande

This Italian sword and sandal film is about the life and Christian conversion of the Roman Emperor Constantine, which took place at the beginning of the 4th century AD. The film remains a bit too schematic and is therefore not as exciting as other examples of the genre.

What is interesting, however, is the casting of the title role with the Hungarian-born Hollywood star Cornel WILDE (ACADEMY AWARD nomination in 1946 for POLONAISE), who is best known as the Great Sebastian from THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH by Cecil B. DeMILLE. Christine KAUFMANN (GOLDEN GLOBE 1962 for TOWN WITHOUT PITY), who had already made a sword and sandal film with proto-Hercules Steve REEVES (GLI ULTIMI GIORNI DI POMPEI, 1959) two years earlier, can be seen as the young Christian Livia.