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Quo Vadis

"THIS IS THE BIG ONE! The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime!"

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Top Cast

  • Robert Taylor

    Robert Taylor

    Marcus Vinicius

  • Deborah Kerr

    Deborah Kerr

    Lygia

  • Leo Genn

    Leo Genn

    Petronius

  • Peter Ustinov

    Peter Ustinov

    Nero

  • Patricia Laffan

    Patricia Laffan

    Poppaea

  • Finlay Currie

    Finlay Currie

    Peter

  • Abraham Sofaer

    Abraham Sofaer

    Paul of Tarsus

  • Marina Berti

    Marina Berti

    Eunice

  • Buddy Baer

    Buddy Baer

    Ursus

Overview

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.

Rating

7.1 / 10
453 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 1, 2024

    Oscar-nominated Peter Ustinov is superb as the Emperor Nero in this depiction of the end of the reign of this flawed megalomanic. His behaviour is only tempered by the clever Leo Genn ("Petronius"), his arbiter of arts who manages by deft use of language and his wits, to keep the lunatic emperor from his worst excesses. Robert Taylor turns in a pretty standard performance as the film's hero "Vinicius" and Deborah Kerr looks stunning, though acts woodenly, as the rather simpering "Lygia". A wonderfully colourful spectacle of a film showing off the costumier and set designers arts to best effect. Miklós Rósza's score is suitably grand as our story gives the rise of Christianity the Hollywood treatment. It does run on a bit long, and I'm sure I spotted Sophia Loren driving a chariot...

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