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!
1951 | 171m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Sonya Levien, John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman, Henryk Sienkiewicz |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 08, 1951 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Sonya Levien, John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman, Henryk Sienkiewicz |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, History |
| Keywords | epic, suicide, based on novel or book, rome, italy, roman empire, christianity, emperor, ancient rome, burning, roman army, nero, 1st century, christian film, claudius caesar, guarda pretoriana, praetorian guard, matricídio, sêneca |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $21,037,000
Budget: $7,623,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Robert Taylor | Marcus Vinicius |
| Deborah Kerr | Lygia |
| Leo Genn | Petronius |
| Peter Ustinov | Nero |
| Patricia Laffan | Poppaea |
| Finlay Currie | Peter |
| Abraham Sofaer | Paul |
| Marina Berti | Eunice |
| Buddy Baer | Ursus |
| Felix Aylmer | Plautius |
| Nora Swinburne | Pomponia |
| Ralph Truman | Tigellinus |
| Norman Wooland | Nerva |
| Peter Miles | Nazarius |
| Geoffrey Dunn | Terpnos |
| Nicholas Hannen | Seneca |
| D.A. Clarke-Smith | Phaon |
| Rosalie Crutchley | Acte |
| John Ruddock | Chilo |
| Arthur Walge | Croton |
| Elspeth March | Miriam |
| Strelsa Brown | Rufia |
| Alfredo Varelli | Lucan |
| Roberto Ottaviano | Flavius |
| William Tubbs | Anaxander |
| Pietro Tordi | Galba |
| Marika Aba | Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited) |
| Adriano Ambrogi | Wine Bibber (uncredited) |
| Anna Arena | Woman (uncredited) |
| Alfred Baillou | Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) |
| Giacomo Barnas | Senator (uncredited) |
| Scott R. Beal | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| John Binns | Officer (uncredited) |
| Francesca Biondi | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Carlo Borelli | Noble (uncredited) |
| Leslie Bradley | Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited) |
| Alfred Brown | Man (uncredited) |
| Valentino Bruchi | Mirmillon (uncredited) |
| Dante Ciriaci | Wine Bibber (uncredited) |
| Frank Colson | Man (uncredited) |
| Adrienne Corri | Young Christian Girl (uncredited) |
| Luca Cortese | Old Man (uncredited) |
| David Craig | Little Boy (uncredited) |
| Daniel de Jonghe | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Liana Del Balzo | Woman (uncredited) |
| Jack Del Rio | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Lia Di Leo | Pedicurist (uncredited) |
| Franco Fantasia | Man (uncredited) |
| Cesare Fasulo | Noble (uncredited) |
| Al Ferguson | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Enzo Fiermonte | Mounted Captain (uncredited) |
| Enrico Formichi | Man with Wine Cup (uncredited) |
| John Fostini | Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited) |
| Dino Galvani | Senator (uncredited) |
| Richard Garrick | Slave (uncredited) |
| Jack George | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Carlo Ghisini | Guard (uncredited) |
| Trudy Glassford | Woman (uncredited) |
| Joan Griffiths | Woman (uncredited) |
| Robin Hughes | Christ (voice) (uncredited) |
| Adam Jennette | Man (uncredited) |
| Philip Kieffer | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Gipsy Kiss | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Lee Kresel | Man (uncredited) |
| Richard Larke | Guard (uncredited) |
| Sophia Loren | Lygia's Slave (uncredited) |
| Giovanni Lovatelli | Banquet Man (uncredited) |
| Helena Makowska | Older Woman (uncredited) |
| Anna Mancini | Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Michael Mark | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Clelia Matania | Parmenida (uncredited) |
| Richard McNamara | Legionnaire (uncredited) |
| Harriet Medin | Woman (uncredited) |
| Dario Michaelis | Lydia's Guard (uncredited) |
| Ernesto Molinari | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| John Myhers | Guard (uncredited) |
| Vincent Neptune | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Anna Maria Padoan | Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited) |
| Louis Payne | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Walter Pidgeon | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| Aldo Pini | Headkeeper (uncredited) |
| Alberto Plebani | Steward (uncredited) |
| Paola Quattrini | Crying Girl (uncredited) |
| Dino Raffaelli | Man (uncredited) |
| George Restivo | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Alfredo Rizzo | Hairdresser (uncredited) |
| Amerigo Santarelli | Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited) |
| Leonardo Scavino | Man (uncredited) |
| Alessandro Serbaroli | Officer (uncredited) |
| Bud Spencer | Imperial Guard (uncredited) |
| Raffaele Tana | Man (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited) |
| William Taylor | Guard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited) |
| Michael Tor | Centurian (uncredited) |
| Giuseppe Tosi | Wrestler (uncredited) |
| Carlo Tricoli | Apostle (uncredited) |
| Renato Valente | Guard (uncredited) |
| Scilla Vannucci | White Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Giuseppe Varni | Hairdresser (uncredited) |
| Dianora Veiga | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Harry J. Vejar | Fisherman (uncredited) |
| Romilda Villani | Slave Girl (uncredited) |
| Maria Zanoli | Woman (uncredited) |
| Christopher Lee | Chariot Driver (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sonya Levien | Screenplay |
| John Lee Mahin | Screenplay |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hair Designer |
| Mel Ballerino | Casting |
| William A. Horning | Art Direction |
| Joan Johnstone | Hair Designer |
| Aurel Milloss | Choreographer |
| Eugene Zador | Orchestrator |
| John Schmitz | Camera Operator |
| Belita Pechtl Klant | Stunts |
| Piero Cavazzuti | Assistant Sound Designer |
| Al Goodman | Set Designer |
| William V. Skall | Director of Photography |
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction |
| Elso Valentini | Set Decoration |
| Charles E. Parker | Makeup Supervisor |
| Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Hugh Gray | Additional Writing, Lyricist |
| George Pink | Camera Operator |
| Alfred Schneider | Stunt Coordinator |
| Donald Jahraus | Special Effects |
| George G. Schneider | Sound |
| Peter Bolton | Assistant Director |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| Hugh Hunt | Set Decoration |
| Marta Obolensky | Choreographer |
| Arthur Lemming | Assistant Camera |
| Nuno Salvação Barreto | Stunts |
| Tom Howard | Special Effects |
| Jean Michon | Stunts |
| Robert B. Lee | Sound |
| Italo Tomassi | Set Designer |
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| S. N. Behrman | Screenplay |
| Henryk Sienkiewicz | Novel |
| Miklós Rózsa | Original Music Composer |
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Irene Howard | Casting |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound Recordist |
| Sergio Leone | Second Unit Director |
| Anthony Mann | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Zimbalist | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | Peter Ustinov | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Director | Mervyn LeRoy | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Picture | N/A | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | Finlay Currie | Nominated |
Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 38 | 51 | 27 |
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Geronimo1967
7.0
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 fro ... m 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...
Jun 01, 2024