Quo Vadis?
6.1
During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
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Cast
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Amleto Novelli
Vinicius
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Gustavo Serena
Petronius
Known for
The Railroad Man
47 Talking Corpses
Bruto Castellani
Ursus
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Cajus Julius Caesar
Messalina
Amelia Cattaneo
Eunice
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Amore e ipnotismo
More Than Death
Carlo Cattaneo
Nero
Also in
Jerusalem Delivered
La signorina Ciclone
Lea Giunchi
Lygia
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Pinocchio
Lea and the Bobbin
Augusto Mastripietri
Chino
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Pinocchio
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Cesare Moltini
Tigellinus
Also in
The Charm of Violence
L'abbandonata
Olga Brandini
Poppaea
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Ignazio Lupi
Aulus
Known for
Cabiria
Giovanni Gizzi
Saint Peter
Also in
Maddalena Ferat
Lia Orlandini
Also in
Two Hearts Against the Beast
Retroscena
Enrico Guazzoni Director · Henryk Sienkiewicz Author Camillo Innocenti Production designer
United States release April 21, 1913 · Produced in Italy · Languages Italian, No dialogue
Production
Società Italiana Cines
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian · No dialogue
Release dates
Hungary · March 1, 1913
Theatrical
Italy · March 12, 1913
Theatrical
United States · April 21, 1913
Theatrical
France
May 9, 1913 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 13, 1913 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 14, 1913 · Theatrical
Russia
April 1, 1913 · Limited theatrical
Spain
May 18, 1913 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 5, 1913 · Theatrical
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