---
title: 'Constantine and the Cross (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lionello De Felice'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 136
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/constantine-and-the-cross-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055867/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Constantine and the Cross (1961)

1961 · 136 min · History · Italy

Original title: Costantino il Grande

## Synopsis

Constantine and the Cross is a 1961 historical drama film about the early career of the emperor Constantine, who first legalized and then adopted Christianity in the early 4th century. The fictionalised film only stretches as far into his life as the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in AD 312.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lionello De Felice](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionello-de-felice)
- **Screenplay:** [Lionello De Felice](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionello-de-felice), [Diego Fabbri](https://cinepixo.com/people/diego-fabbri), [Ennio de Concini](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-de-concini), [Franco Rossetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-rossetti)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mario Nascimbene](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-nascimbene)
- **Director of Photography:** [Massimo Dallamano](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-dallamano)
- **Editor:** [Mario Serandrei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-serandrei)

## Cast

- [Christine Kaufmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-kaufmann) as Livia
- [Fernando Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tamberlani) as Diocletian
- [Elisa Cegani](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisa-cegani) as Elena
- [Renato Terra](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-terra) as Jailer
- [Loris Gizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/loris-gizzi) as Roman Prosecutor
- [Nando Gazzolo](https://cinepixo.com/people/nando-gazzolo) as Licinius
- [Vittorio Sanipoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-sanipoli) as Apuleius
- [Enrico Glori](https://cinepixo.com/people/enrico-glori) as Livia's Father
- [Massimo Serato](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-serato) as Maxentius
- [Annibale Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/annibale-ninchi) as Galarius
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani)
- [Franco Fantasia](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-fantasia) as Roman Soldier
- [Tino Carraro](https://cinepixo.com/people/tino-carraro) as Maximian
- [Cornel Wilde](https://cinepixo.com/people/cornel-wilde) as Constantine the Great
- [Lia Angeleri](https://cinepixo.com/people/lia-angeleri)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/constantine-and-the-cross-1961
Film facts: Wikidata (Q2995039); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.