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Basic facts

Original title Androcles and the Lion
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15

Cast

Alan Young
Androcles

Jean Simmons
Lavinia

Victor Mature
captain

Robert Newton
Ferrovius

Maurice Evans
Caesar

Elsa Lanchester
Megaera

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title

Crew

Cast

Alan Young Androcles
Jean Simmons Lavinia
Victor Mature captain
Robert Newton Ferrovius
Maurice Evans Caesar
Elsa Lanchester Megaera
Reginald Gardiner Lentulus
Gene Lockhart menagerie keeper
Alan Mowbray editor
Noel Willman Sphinto
John Hoyt Cato
Jim Backus Centurion
Lowell Gilmore Metellus

Companies

Production Company RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) RKO Radio Films AB

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 82451
Date 1953-06
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2290 meters


Original work

Original title Androcles and the Lion (Play)
Author George Bernard Shaw


Release dates

Release in Stockholm 1953-06-29 Spegeln Stockholm Sweden 84 min
TV showing 1974-12-29 TV2 Sweden
1976-10-10 TV2 Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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