The Sword and the Cross

The Sword and the Cross
La spada e la croce (Italy, 1958)
Mary Magdalene (U.S., 1960)
Directed byCarlo Ludovico Bragaglia
Screenplay bySandro Continenza
Story byOttavio Poggi
Produced byOttavio Poggi
StarringYvonne De Carlo
CinematographyRaffaele Masciocchi
Edited byRenato Cinquini
Music byRoberto Nicolosi
Production
company
Liber Film
Distributed byAmex (U.S.)
Release date
  • 1958 (1958) (Italy)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguagesEnglish
Italian

The Sword and the Cross (Italian: La spada e la croce) is a 1958 Italian religious drama film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and starring Yvonne De Carlo as Mary Magdalene.[1] Shot in English and later dubbed in Italian,[2] the film was released in the United States in 1960 as Mary Magdalene.[3]

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  2. ^ "Hard Work Pays Off For Yvonne". The Deseret News. July 18, 1958. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  3. ^ Smith, Gary Allen (2004). Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More Than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 164–165. ISBN 1476604185. Retrieved January 9, 2017.