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Rome at the time of the persecution of Christians: Androclus, a poor tailor, frees a lion in the forest from terrible pain caused by a thorn in his paw. The two meet again by chance when the devout Christian is about to be thrown to wild animals in the arena. The lion spares him with gratitude, but the real danger for Androklus comes from another direction.Read moreLess
Rome at the time of the persecution of Christians: Androclus, a poor tailor, frees a lion in the forest from terrible pain caused by a thorn in his paw. The two meet again by chance when the devout Christian is about to be thrown to wild animals in the arena. The lion spares him with gratitude, but the real danger for Androklus comes from another direction.
The story
Rome at the time of the persecution of Christians: Androclus, a poor tailor, frees a lion in the forest from terrible pain caused by a thorn in his paw. The two meet again by chance when the devout Christian is about to be thrown to wild animals in the arena. The lion spares him with gratitude, but the real danger for Androklus comes from another direction.
Cast & crew
Herbert KöferAndroklus
Gerhard BienertFerrovius
Stefan LisewskiHauptmann
Marita BöhmeLavinia
Heinz BehrensLentulus
Marianne WünscherMegara
Horst SchulzeCast
Willi SchradeCast
Gerhard RacholdCast
Harry PietzschCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Kurt Jung-Alsen
- Director of Photography
- Otto Merz
- Editor
- Lotti Mehnert
- Writer
- George Bernard Shaw