Sign of the Pagan

1954Movie⏱️ 1h 32mApproved

AdventureBiographyDramaHistoryWar

⭐ 5.9

IMDB Rating

826 votes

With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.

Director

Douglas Sirk

Writers

Oscar Brodney, Barré Lyndon

Stars

Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tchérina

Release Date

December 18, 1954

Language

English

Country

United States

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🎭 Top Cast

Jeff Chandler

as Marcian

Jack Palance

as Attila

Ludmilla Tchérina

as Princess Pulcheria

Rita Gam

as Kubra

Jeff Morrow

as General Paulinus

George Dolenz

as Emperor Theodosius

Eduard Franz

as Astrologer

Allison Hayes

as Ildico

Alexander Scourby

as Chrysaphius

Howard Petrie

as Gundahar

🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Production

Universal International Pictures (UI)

🏷️ Keywords

byzantine empiretheodosian dynastymarcianpulcheriaemperor

🎯 Categories

AdventureBiographyDramaHistoryWar

⭐ Featured Review

Sign of the cross

by dbdumonteil • 2008-08-10

"Made the same year as another sword and sandal movie dealing with the same subject ,"Attila Flagello Di Dio" (starring Anthony Quinn and Sophia Loren),it is an icily impersonal movie from Douglas Sirk.It's watchable ,but it could have been done by anyone at all.Sirk's métier was melodrama (he was the master of the genre in the fifties) and western ("Taza,son of Cochise" ) and epics are not obviously his forte. Although Jack Palance was potentially as ideal as Anthony Quinn to portray the king of the Huns,the screenwriters made him a too polite ,too sentimental ,n..."