This is another biblical epic, one of many that was made in the mid-fifties and sixties. The main character is a Roman officer who witnessed the death of Jesus in the cross, winning Jesus' tunic in a dice game and feeling himself cursed afterwards. After watching, I understood why this movie doesn't have the same fame as other films of that subgenre, like "Ten Commandments" or "Quo Vadis"... it's a bad movie, as it makes a promising idea a failure. The idea of making a story about Jesus' tunic was good, but the story itself was so poor, so forced, so imaginative that it became unbelievable. To make things worse, Richard Burton takes the main role in one of the most theatrical and forced interpretations of his career. Scenarios and costumes are quite reasonable and even look better than other films, such as "King of Kings", but are still far from the truly epic and realistic feel we see in the films I mentioned earlier. Despite all this, its not totally bad and entertains the audience satisfactorily. It just isn't as good as it could have been.
Review of The Robe
