Although we are used to hearing the name Attila pronounced "A-till-a," I have also heard it pronounced "Att-a-la." This later pronunciation may be closer to the original Asiatic pronunciation.
However, it doesn't matter if they got the pronunciation of the Hun's name correct. Look at the rest of the film. They threw out historical correctness in the Cleopatra scenes, for example.
I laughed all the way through the Nero scene. The highlights -- the woman dressed in bright yellow being chased by a dwarf; the platter with the tower of steaming, roasted poultry, the poultry that, rather than cooling off, gave off more and more steam throughout the scene; the Dancing Girl with the short hair and the sheer, black pants suit, dancing to the rhythm of the drums. (I think she would have been more at home in a late 1950s beatnik bar, and I am still wondering if the dancer gave herself whiplash with the way she was swinging her head around.)
Even so, I must confess that, while I came in after the movie had already begun, I became transfixed and had to keep watching.
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Fbllxl5
10 years ago
Been dying to see this film for years, worse than I expected. I thought 44yr old Hedy as 19yr old Joan of Arc was bad enough but Peter Lorre at 54 playing 24yr old Nero when Rome burnt!! I thought Agnes Moorehead was the best, and I think Mr Scratch won the argument by a long shot!!
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www1125
9 years ago
Scratch certainly made the best points. Spirit of Man mostly showed the great discoveries of man, while Scratch turned it around to show how man used those discoveries for evil.
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