The Centurion (film)

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| director = Mario Costa

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| music = Carlo Innocenzi

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Il conquistatore di Corinto (AKA: The Centurion) is a French/Italian international co-production 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.

This film was directed by Mario Costa.

Cast

Jacques Sernas as Caius Vinicius
John Drew Barrymore as Diaeus
Geneviève Grad as Hebe
Gianna Maria Canale as Artemide
Gordon Mitchell as Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus
Gianni Santuccio as Critolaus
Ivano Staccioli as Hippolytus
Nando Tamberlani as Callicrates
Gianni Solaro as Ambassadeur
Andrea Fantasia as Lucius Quintus
José Jaspe as The Traitor
Franco Fantasia as Anteo
Miranda Campa as Cinzia
Dina De Santis as Chimene
Adriano Micantoni as Kerone
Vassili Karis as Egeo
Adriana Vianello as Cleo
Milena Vukotic as Servant of Artemide
Ignazio Balsamo as Geôlier
Luciano Pigozzi as Messager from Corinthe
Nerio Bernardi as Wealthy Citizen of Corinth
Nino Marchetti as Citizen of Corinth

Reception

The movie was criticized for significant historical inaccuracies and even called "pure peplum propaganda."{{Cite web|date=2014-10-04|title=Conqueror of Corinth (1961)|url=https://monsterhuntermoviereviews.com/2014/10/04/conqueror-of-corinth-1961/|access-date=2021-01-03|website=MonsterHunter|language=en-US}}