Thank you very much for the information, that’s absolutely fascinating!

Best,

Matt

I’ve just come across your question in this forum…

I remember (at the time I was 5) my dad at home (we lived in Rome just in front of the Pantheon, the most beautiful square in the world…) having a few pages with plenty of lines to learn by heart. In the first place his role was that of Marcellus and I still have in my eyes -in some way- him talking to somebody (I mean in the movie). Later on, having changed director, Rouben Mamoulian was fired and replaced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, everything changed. So, my dad played 3 or 4 times in the movie an anonymous Pretorian (or Centurion) and the last DVD version of the movie confirms such thing. The entire movie itself was ultimately distorted. I need to watch again the movie (but I have a sort of time code written down for my dad’s apparitions) and if you give me some time I’ll let you know exactly when and where he appears.

Now I’d like to answer the gentleman who wrote: “Curiously, I don’t think Gin Mart / Luigi Martocci was ever in anything else (apart from an uncredited part in Cleopatra, which employed just about everybody in Rome at some point)”.

My dad was contacted so many times by many directors (especially after “Il mostro di Venezia”) who wanted him into so called “Spaghetti westerns” and many other movies. He never liked completely that kind of world, he was very happy with his profession. He was a very requested, I’d say the most requested, fashion model in Italy at that time. Always traveling everywhere for Litrico, Valentino, Pierre Cardin and many more. That’s why he didn’t fancy to make movies anymore…

I hope this answer is helpful. My english is a bit “rusty”, but my memories still vivid. I miss my dad, such an elegant and moderate man.

Thank you for your interest and all the best to you.

Michele Martocci