Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) Online
Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, AD 120. Two Carthaginian sisters, Lea and Esther, are bought as slave girls by Roman tribune Marcus Valerius, who gives them as a present to proud Julia Martia, daughter of the proconsul. Ambitious, greedy and vindictive, Julia is betrothed to the cynical Flavius Metellus, a member of the Senate, but in fact she is in love with Marcus. However, he prefers the simple sweetness of Lea, which drives Julia to cruelty and revenge. The proconsul is murdered by Flavius Metellus who becomes his successor. Believing the Christians were responsible for her father's death, Julia, now the new proconsul's wife, orders the persecutions to begin. Marcus is ordered to carry out the campaign, but faced with the courage and faith of the Christians he realizes they are innocent. He is arrested after being betrayed by a shepherd and joins the two sisters in the dungeons. Lea is tortured and blinded after refusing to divulge the hiding place of the remaining ...
Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gianna Maria Canale | - | Julia Martia | |
Jorge Mistral | - | Marcus Valerius | |
Marisa Allasio | - | Lea | |
Ana Luisa Peluffo | - | Esther | |
Rubén Rojo | - | Flavius Metellus | |
Luigi Pavese | - | Publius Cornelius | |
Germán Cobos | - | Tullius (as Herman Cobos) | |
Nando Tamberlani | - | Proconsul (as Fernando Tamberlani) | |
Albert Hehn | - | Livius | |
Marcello Giorda | |||
Ricardo Valle | - | Stephen | |
Nietta Zocchi | |||
Vinicio Sofia | |||
Renato Navarrini | |||
Edoardo Toniolo |
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