Androcles and the Lion
Original title: Androcles and the Lion
Original language: enIMDB: tt4704434
TMDB: 120351
Release date: Tuesday, 12th June 1984
Adult: No
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Overview: Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is captured by Caesar's men. Alongside other christians - Ferrovius, a fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?
Popularity: 0.447
Rate:
Overview: Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is captured by Caesar's men. Alongside other christians - Ferrovius, a fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?
Directors
Writers
George Bernard Shaw
(Writer)
(Writer)Cast
Billy Connolly
(Androcles)
(Androcles)Anna Calder-Marshall
(Lavinia)
(Lavinia)Bernard Bresslaw
(Ferrovius)
(Ferrovius)Rupert Frazer
(The Captain)
(The Captain)Peter Copley
(Caesar)
(Caesar)John Tordoff
(Spintho)
(Spintho)Stafford Gordon
(Centurion)
(Centurion)Roy Jones (The Lion)
(The Lion)Percy Edwards (The Lion's Voice)
(The Lion's Voice)Peter Land (Lentulus)
(Lentulus)Desmond Maurer (Metellus)
(Metellus)Jane Freeman
(Megaera)
(Megaera)Barry Jackson
(The Editor)
(The Editor)Paul Hargreaves (The Ox Driver)
(The Ox Driver)Stephen Rashbrook
(The Call Boy)
(The Call Boy)Leo Dolan (The Menagerie Keeper)
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