The Silver Chalice (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.5/10   

Director:

Victor Saville

Escritores:

Thomas B. Costain (novel)
Lesser Samuels (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

20 diciembre 1954 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

EVERY BREATHLESS MOMENT OF THOMAS B. COSTAIN'S BEST-SELLER! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself...

Plot Keywords:

Cup | Jerusalem | Artisan | Slave | Flying Attempt

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Golden Anniversary comments for The Silver Chalice

Reparto

Virginia Mayo	...	Helena
Pier Angeli	...	Deborra
Jack Palance	...	Simon The Magician
Paul Newman	...	Basil
Walter Hampden	...	Joseph of Arimathea
Joseph Wiseman	...	Mijamin
Alexander Scourby	...	Saint Luke
Lorne Greene	...	Saint Peter
David J. Stewart	...	Adam
Herbert Rudley	...	Linus
Jacques Aubuchon	...	Nero
E.G. Marshall	...	Ignatius
Michael Pate	...	Aaron Ben Joseph
Natalie Wood	...	Helena, as a child
Donald Randolph	...	Selech
Mort Marshall	...	Benjie
Peter Reynolds	...	Basil, as a boy
Booth Colman	...	Hiram
Terence de Marney	...	Sosthene
Robert Middleton	...	Idbash
Ian Wolfe	...	Theron
Lawrence Dobkin	...	Ephraim
Philip Tonge	...	Ohad
Albert Dekker	...	Kester
Beryl Machin	...	Eulalia
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Paul Dubov
Strother Martin	...	Father of Lame Girl
John Sheffield	...	Witness to Adoption
Arthur Space
Patrick Aherne	...	Soldier in chase (uncredited)
Charles Bewley	...	Roman Commander (uncredited)
David Bond	...	Cameleer (uncredited)
Anthony Eustrel	...	Maximus, the Ship's Master (uncredited)
Frank Hagney	...	Ruffian (uncredited)
William Hudson	...	(uncredited)
John Marlowe	...	Witness to Adoption (uncredited)
Allen Michaelson	...	High Priest (uncredited)
Don Oreck	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Shirley Patterson	...	Ahnpa (uncredited)
Paul Power	...	Witness to Adoption (uncredited)
Jack Raine	...	Magistrate (uncredited)
Lester Sharpe	...	Oasis Keeper (uncredited)
Norma Varden	...	(uncredited)
Mel Welles	...	Marcos (uncredited)
Harry Wilson	...	Ruffian (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Victor Saville

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Thomas B. Costain		novel "The SIlver Chalice"
Lesser Samuels		writer

Producida por
Lesser Samuels	....	associate producer
Victor Saville	....	producer

Música original por
Franz Waxman

Fotografía por
William V. Skall

Montaje por
George White

Diseño de producción por
Rolf Gerard

Dirección artística
Boris Leven

Decorados
Howard Bristol

Diseño de vestuario por
Marjorie Best
Rolf Gerard

Departamento de maquillaje
Gordon Bau	....	makeup artist
Jean Burt Reilly	....	hair stylist

Ayudante de dirección
Mel Dellar	....	assistant director (as Melvin Dellar)
Russell Llewellyn	....	assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Herbert Plews	....	property master

Departamento de sonido
Francis J. Scheid	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Hans F. Koenekamp	....	special photographic effects (as H.F. Koenekamp)
Louis Lichtenfield	....	special effects

Especialistas
Dick Geary	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jean Heremans	....	fencing master (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louis Tomei	....	stunts (uncredited)
Don Turner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator
Franz Waxman	....	conductor

Otros miembros del equipo
John Calvert	....	technical advisor
Stephen Papich	....	choreographer
Meta Rebner	....	script supervisor

Compañías Productores

• Victor Saville Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1954) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sociedade Importadora de Filmes (SIF) (????) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) (2008-) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

El cáliz de plata (Spain) [es]

Duración:

142 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.55 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) | Mono (RCA Sound System) (optical prints)

Clasificación:

UK:U (original rating) (cut) | Finland:K-12 | USA:Approved (PCA #17065, Adult Audience) | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Victor Saville Productions

Trivialidades:

James Dean was offered the role of Basil, the sculptor, but he and his agent thought the script was poor. Paul Newman, who was a finalist for the role of Cal Trask in 'East of Eden (1955)' that eventually was played by Dean and made him a star, took the role, which Newman later regretted. While shooting "East of Eden," Dean went over to visit Newman on the set of "The Silver Chalice," where he met the love of his short life, Pier Angeli, Newman's co-star.

Errores:

Errores Reales: The bald eagle is not native to Italy.

Citas:

Saint Peter: [last lines, Peter is speaking about the Silver Chalice to Basi and Deborra,, and he utters his lines in the tone of a heroic speech] It will be restored, but for years and for hundreds of years, it will lie in darkness; where, I know not. When it is brought out into the light again there will be great cities, and mighty bridges and towers higher than the tower of Babel. It will be a world of evil and long bitter wars...

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V)

Golden Anniversary comments for The Silver Chalice

At 50 years of age this film should be categorized in the "cult" genre. Starting off a a biblical tale of how the cup from which Jesus drank is sculpted into a silver chalice it quickly turns into "The Rise and Fall of Simon the Magician". The chalice is finally lost and so is the storyline.

Paul Newman, as Basil the sculptor, makes his movie debut and is not all that bad considering the dialogue he had to work with. Jack Palance, as Simon, is simply superb. Insane and madly ambitious he portrays a magician who thinks he can become a "new and improved" version of Jesus. It's hard to accept the character of Helena first played by Natalie Wood as a young slave and then later by Virginia Mayo as a treacherous vixen. There are a host of familiar actors in supporting and minor roles. Notice Lorne Greene as St. Peter before he strapped on his gun and married three wives to found the Ponderosa. Also, in a quick moment, you'll notice Strother("What we have here is a failure to communicate")Martin as the father of the crippled child. See if you can find the rest. The sets are more prone for stage than screen. Huge columns, statues and archways with stairs and domed buildings and more stairs. Everything is incorrectly sterile and spotless. There is one light point when, at Nero's feast, a particular dish is described as "aged grasshoppers in honey fried to a golden brown". Not bad for 1st century AD. Maybe the "colonel" was a lot older then we thought. All in all it's a fun movie to watch. This film might have its drawbacks but Palance is worth it. See Jack fly.