
The Sign of the Cross
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A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
- Director
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $3M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
21 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Sign of the Cross actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Sign of the Cross returned 3.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $694,065
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 1932
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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