Movie · 1956
The Sword and the Cross
“An unforgettable spectacle of marvels and miracles”
Released 13 December 1956 87 min History / Action More from 1956 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Sold as slaves to a wealthy Roman, Lea and Esther, two Carthaginian sisters, are offered as gifts to the ambitious daughter of a proconsul and end up involved in spite of themselves in a dangerous game of power.
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How old were they?
Marcello Giorda
Renato Navarrini
Nando Tamberlani
as Proconsul
Luigi Pavese
as Publius Cornelius
Vinicio Sofia
Edoardo Toniolo
Albert Hehn
as Livius
Nietta Zocchi
Ugo Sasso
Jorge Mistral
as Marcus Valerius
Rubén Rojo
as Flavius Metellus
Gianna Maria Canale
as Julia Martia
Germán Cobos
as Tullius
Ana Luisa Peluffo
as Esther
Ricardo Valle
as Stephen
Marisa Allasio
as Lea
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The numbers
46years between the oldest and youngest billed
66Marcello Giorda — oldest on the call sheet
20Marisa Allasio — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast