The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Popularity4.5/5
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2025-09 to 2026-08
Directors
Cecil B. DeMille
Cast
Fredric March, Elissa Landi, Claudette Colbert, Charles Laughton, Ian Keith, Arthur Hohl, Harry Beresford, Tommy Conlon, Vivian Tobin, Charles Middleton, Joyzelle Joyner, Harold Healy, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Nat Pendleton, Clarence Burton
The story
During the Great Fire of Rome in AD 64, Emperor Nero "fiddles". Tigellinus informs Nero that he is suspected of starting the fire. Nero instead has the fire blamed on the Christians.
Genres
Drama, Historie, Monumental Film, drama film, history
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