Androcles and the Lion (1984)
Shaw used the traditional fable of Andocles to focus on the integrity of religious belief. Androcles, a christian fleeing persecution in Rome, is captured by Caesar's men. Alongside other christians - Ferrovius, a fierce fighter, Lavinia, a beautiful aristocrat and would-be martyr Spintho - he must face the lions of the Coliseum. How will each of them face their desperate fate?
- Released
- 1984-06-12
- Status
- Released
Cast
- Billy Connolly as Androcles
- Anna Calder-Marshall as Lavinia
- Bernard Bresslaw as Ferrovius
- Rupert Frazer as The Captain
- Peter Copley as Caesar
- John Tordoff as Spintho
- Stafford Gordon as Centurion
- Roy Jones as The Lion
- Percy Edwards as The Lion's Voice
- Peter Land as Lentulus
- Desmond Maurer as Metellus
- Jane Freeman as Megaera