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Androcles and the Lion

0.0 107 mins Drama   Comedy   1969
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme   Fernsehen der DDR  
Director(s): Kurt Jung-Alsen

Release Date: 24 Fri, Oct 1969

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.

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