With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
Ludmilla Tchérina
- Princess Pulcheria
- (as Ludmilla Tcherina)
Robert Bice
- Chilothe
- (as Robo Bechi)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal feature film of Moroni Olsen, who passed away about a month before its release.
- GoofsAll of the mounted troops have stirrups, which would not come into use in Europe for at least another four hundred years.
- Quotes
Pope Leo I: Rome is a Christian city, and the Temple of God!
- Crazy creditsAfter the list of actors at the start of the film it says: "AND Statesmen, Citizens, Soldiers of the Armies of the Roman Empire and the Hordes of Attila"
- ConnectionsReferenced in Pardon My Genie: Sister, Dear Sister (1972)
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Attila the Hun attacks Rome with his barbarian army.
If Charlton Heston had been born Jewish, he'd have been Jeff Chandler, a lookalike who lost out on both The Ten Commandments AND Ben-Hur to Old Granite Jaw. Had Chandler nabbed those roles, he may have become a superstar himself. As is, he played the leads in studio program pictures, those B+ movies that disappeared with the end of the 'studio contract' system in the early sixties. By then, Chandler was already gone, having died while filming a WWII action flick, Merrill's Marauders, for Sam Fuller in the Phillipines. Anyway, his director for this costume mini-epic was Doug Sirk, an expert out of making magic from routine material. Chandler's the Roman centurion who must push back the invading armies of Atilla the Hun. Ludmilla Tcherina is one of a number of flashy looking women (Blonde Allison Hayes, later the sixty foot woman, is another). Lots of fairly big and semi-spectacular action sequences, with Jack Palance hamming it up even more than usual as Atilla. Nice production values, given a moody atmosphere by the always fascinating Sirk. This is one of those films that have been so completely forgotten that even Turner Movies doesn't revive it. Too bad - for this represents a fun aspect of the Old Hollywood in its final hours that ought to be reclaimed by contemporary viewers.
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- dougbrode
- Mar 13, 2006
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- Also known as
- Attila, der Hunnenkönig
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- Budget
- $1,300,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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