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The Robe (1953)
director of photography:
Leon Shamroy
cast:
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Richard Boone, Leon Askin, Michael Rennie, Dean Jagger, Jay Robinson
rating:
NR
director:
Henry Koster
running time:
135 min.
writer:
Albert Maltz, Philip Dunne
synopsis
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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