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Director
  
Guido Brignone

Duration
  

Running time
  
1h 38m

Country
  
Italy

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Drama, Romance

Initial release
  
March 5, 1959 (Italy)

Language
  
Italian

Nel Segno di Roma movie poster
Writer
  
Francesco Thellung
,
Francesco De Feo
,
Sergio Leone
,
Giuseppe Mangione
,
Guido Brignone

Directors
  
Guido Brignone, Michelangelo Antonioni, Riccardo Freda

Music director
  
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino

Screenplay
  
Guido Brignone, Sergio Leone, Francesco Thellung, Giuseppe Mangione, Francesco De Feo

Cast
  
Anita Ekberg
(Zenobia, Queen of Palmira),
Georges Marchal
(Marcus Valerius, Roman Consul),
Folco Lulli
(Zemanzius, Zenobia\'s Prime Minister),
Chelo Alonso
(Erica, Zemanzius\' Favourite and Dancer),
Gino Cervi
(Aurelianus, Emperor of Rome),
Jacques Sernas
(Julianus, Roman Centurian)

Similar movies
  
The Last Gladiator
,
Pompeii
,
Spartacus
,
Gladiator
,
Spartacus
,
The Last Days of Pompeii

Tagline
  
SEE! 10,000 NORSEMEN CHARGE THE VALLEY OF BLOOD

Sheba and the Gladiator (Italian: Nel Segno di Roma) is a 1959 historical drama film loosely pertaining to the Palmyrene Empire and its re-annexation back into the Roman Empire. Notable only for its superlative performance by Swedish actress and model Anita Ekberg and her numerous costume changes throughout its duration.

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This film was directed by Guido Brignone.

Cast

  • Anita Ekberg as Zenobia
  • Georges Marchal as Consul Marcus Valerius
  • Folco Lulli as Zemanzius
  • Chelo Alonso as Erica
  • Gino Cervi as Aurelian
  • Jacques Sernas as Julianus
  • Lorella De Luca as Batsheba
  • Alberto Farnese as Marcello
  • Mimmo Palmara as Lator
  • US release

    The movie was originally called The Sign of Rome. American International Pictures acquired the American rights to the film and retitled it Sign of the Gladiator despite their being no gladiators in the film. AIP cut 18 minutes from the original running time. AIP released the film as a double feature with Goliath and the Barbarians.

    The movie was popular in the US, earning $1.25 million in rentals, and helped revitalise AIP.

    AIP added an end title song called "Xenobia" sung by Bill Lee which was released on AIP Records.

    References

    Sheba and the Gladiator Wikipedia