Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

19.10. 20:00
ČT2
170 minutes
1951
Drama / Historic / Romantic

Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.

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Czech, audio commentary Czech
1951
Drama / Historic / Romantic

Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.

Creators

Anthony Mann, Mervyn LeRoy

Cast

Richard McNamara, Norman Wooland, Maria Zanoli, Bud Spencer, Joanna Griffiths, Sophia Loren, Peter Ustinov, Felix Aylmer, Ralph Truman, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Alfredo Rizzo, Leslie Bradley, Geoffrey Dunn, D.A. Clarke-Smith, John Ruddock, Strelsa Brown, Alfredo Varelli, Scott R. Beal, Carlo Borelli, John Binns, Alessandro Serbaroli, Kenneth W. Richardson, Jack Del Rio, Philip Kieffer, Louis Payne, Lia Di Leo, Adriano Ambrogi, Enrico Formichi, Giovanni Lovatelli, Richard Garrick, Scilla Vannucci, Anna Maria Padoan, Alfred Brown, Frank Colson, Harry J. Vejar, Dianora Veiga, Carlo Tricoli, David Craig, Buddy Baer, Harriet Medin, Leonardo Scavino, Enzo Fiermonte, Pietro Tordi, Robert Taylor, Leo Genn, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Nora Swinburne, Adrienne Corri, Elizabeth Taylor, Clelia Matania, Dario Michaelis, Aldo Pini, Peter Miles, Alfred Baillou, John Myhers, Rosalie Crutchley, Al Ferguson, Helena Makowska, Elspeth March, William Tubbs, Dino Galvani, Anna Arena, Giuseppe Varni, Franco Fantasia, Robin Hughes, Nicholas Hannen, Alberto Plebani, Liana Del Balzo, Jack George, Michael Mark, Ernesto Molinari