Although the studio originally sought a relatively cheap production of $2 million, Wanger envisioned a much more opulent epic, and in mid-1959 successfully negotiated a higher budget of $5 million.
雖然製片公司最初尋求相對便宜的200萬美元製作，但旺格展望一個更加豪華的史詩電影，並在1959年中期成功談成了更高的500萬美元預算。