---
title: 'The Centurion (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mario Costa'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-centurion-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055866/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Centurion (1961)

1961 · 77 min · Drama · France, Italy

Original title: Il conquistatore di Corinto

## Synopsis

Il conquistatore di Corinto is a French/Italian 1961 historical drama film set in 146 BC in Greece. Against the backdrop of the Battle of Corinth, this movie is centered on a love story between a Roman centurion named Caius Vinicius and Hebe, the daughter of a local governor with anti-Roman sentiments.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mario Costa](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-costa)
- **Screenplay:** [Nino Stresa](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-stresa)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Carlo Innocenzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-innocenzi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Pier Ludovico Pavoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/pier-ludovico-pavoni)
- **Editor:** [Antonietta Zita](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonietta-zita)

## Cast

- [Ivano Staccioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivano-staccioli) as Hippolytus
- [Vassili Karis](https://cinepixo.com/people/vassili-karis) as Egeo
- [Adriano Micantoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/adriano-micantoni) as Kerone
- [Nerio Bernardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/nerio-bernardi) as Wealthy Citizen of Corinth
- [Gianni Santuccio](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-santuccio) as Critolaus of Megalopolis
- [Ignazio Balsamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ignazio-balsamo) as Geôlier
- [José Jaspe](https://cinepixo.com/people/jose-jaspe) as The Traitor
- [Franco Fantasia](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-fantasia) as Anteo
- [Luciano Pigozzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-pigozzi) as Messager from Corinthe
- [Milena Vukotic](https://cinepixo.com/people/milena-vukotic) as Servant of Artemide
- [Gordon Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-mitchell) as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
- [Dina De Santis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-de-santis) as Chimene
- [Jacques Sernas](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-sernas) as Caius Vinicius
- [Gianni Solaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianni-solaro) as Ambassadeur
- [Fernando Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-tamberlani) as Callicrates

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-centurion-1961
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