Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)
Victor Mature: Demetrius
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Quotes
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Demetrius : We traveled here together from Galilee, persuading people to give up their lives for a beautiful dream.
[he attempts to hand a goblet of wine to Peter]
Demetrius : Take it Peter. It's real... hot spiced, with cinnamon and cloves.
[chuckles and looks towards Messalina]
Demetrius : Did you know that Jesus could turn water into wine? And that was only one of his tricks.
Peter : Yes, only one. Anything that was base, He could make noble. He found a leper and made him clean. He found death and He made life. He found you a slave, and He made you free.
Demetrius : Get out!
Peter : And now you've won a great victory over Him, haven't you tribune ? You've made yourself a slave again.
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Messalina : Why did you run? I don't think you're a coward. You had no real chance of escaping, you must have known that!
Demetrius : This is a place where men are trained to kill each other like animals!
Messalina : And men aren't animals?
Demetrius : No!
Messalina : We admire a magnificent animal who fights. Why not a man who fights ?
Demetrius : Because God did not put man on earth to destroy his own kind. Nor a woman to enjoy their agonies as they die.
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Messalina : What is your name?
Demetrius : Demetrius.
Messalina : You spoke of a god, Demetrius. Which god?
Demetrius : There is only one God.
Claudius : He's one of "them". This is very interesting. A Christian!
Messalina : Are you a Christian?
Demetrius : Yes.
Messalina : And you won't fight?
Demetrius : No.
Claudius : He can't my dear. It's against his religion to kill.
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Caligula : Christian. Do you renounce your false god ? This king of an invisible kingdom... who expects to come back some day and rule the earth ?
Demetrius : [after a long pause] There is no other king but Caesar. There is no power greater than his, in this world, or any other.
Caligula : By the mercy of Caesar, you are a free man.
