Summary
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+18)
Critics 13Audiences 31GoodWatch 24
Tomatometer13%
IMDb4.6
Audience score16%
Box office
71%of its budget back
- Budget
- $5 M
- Worldwide
- $3 M
Worldwide it made back $3 M of the $5 M it cost.
Running time
2 h 22 min
Longer than most dramas, +33 min on the typical 109
typical 109142Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 11 more
Released
1954
December 20, 1954
72 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceHistoryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianMade in
United States
Golden Globe Awards1957
- New Star of the Year, Actor1957Won
Academy Awards1955
- Best Cinematography, Color1955Nominated
- Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score1955Nominated
and 43 more51 people
- Virginia MayoHelena
- Pier AngeliDeborra
- Jack PalanceSimon The Magician
- Paul NewmanBasil
- Walter HampdenJoseph of Arimathea
- Joseph WisemanMijamin
- Alexander ScourbyLuke
- Lorne GreenePeter
David J. StewartAdam
Herbert RudleyLinus
Jacques AubuchonNero
E.G. MarshallIgnatius
Michael PateAaron Ben Joseph
Natalie WoodHelena as a Girl- PRPeter RaynoldsBasil as a Boy
- MMMort MarshallBenjie
Booth ColmanHiram
Terence de MarneySosthene
Robert MiddletonIdbash
Ian WolfeTheron
Lawrence DobkinEphraim
Philip TongeOhad
Albert DekkerKester- BMBeryl MachinEulalia
Directing · 2
- Victor Saville Director, Producer
- Meta Rebner Script Supervisor
Writing · 2
- Lesser Samuels Screenplay, Associate Producer
- Thomas B. Costain Novel
Camera · 1
- William V. Skall Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- George White Editor
Sound · 1
- Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Art · 3
- Rolf Gerard Production Design, Costume Design
- Boris Leven Art Direction
- Howard Bristol Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Marjorie Best Costume Design
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