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The Robe

The first motion picture in CinemaScope--the modern miracle you see without glasses!

6.8(298)19532h 15m5

Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.

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Status
Released
Budget
$4.4M
Box office
$36M
Language
English
Part of Demetrius Collection · 2 films
  • palestine
  • roman empire
  • christianity
  • crucifixion
  • bible
  • ancient rome
  • slave auction
  • robe
  • slave
  • guilt
  • 1st century
  • caligula

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Henry Koster

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR16 Sept 1953
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalULondon19 Nov 1953
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1816 Sept 1953
  • ChileCL

    • TVCanal 133 Apr 2015
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical4 Dec 1953
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical124 Dec 1953
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical16 Apr 1954
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG23 Apr 1954
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical7 May 1954
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG26 Dec 1953
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD7 Feb 2007
  • PortugalPT

    • TheatricalM/1215 Mar 1954
    • TheatricalM/12re-release16 Jul 1976

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The Robe was released on 16 September 1953.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/30/2024

    6/10

    Richard Burton ("Gallio") leads the cast in this lavishly colourful toga and sandals tale of a Roman Tribune who falls foul of a wonderfully over-the-top Jay Robinson as "Caligula" at a slave auction. As punishment, he and his newly bought slave "Demetrius" (Victor Mature) are despatched to the backwater of Judea. Once there, he is assigned by Pontius Pilate to supervise the crucifixion of Christ whereupon he happens…

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