Marcellus Gallio is a madarin who always indulges in gambling. After taking a Gie-su’s coat after he is hammered. He is tortured by this thing. He hopes to find a way to live with what he can do. Anh his life changes forever.
Tthe mightiness of masses and the forms of heroes have never loomed so large as they do in this studied demonstration, projected by CinemaScope. But an unwavering force of personal drama is missed in the size and the length of the show.
Q Network Film Desk
March 20, 2009
Had it not been the first film shot in CinemaScope, very few people would probably still be talking about The Robe.
Turgid direction, probably not helped by a necessarily cautious approach to framing, is married to creaky dialogue and stiff performances to render this of purely historical interest.
