Quo Vadis?
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).
Year: 1913
Studio: Società Italiana Cines
Director: Enrico Guazzoni
Cast: Amleto Novelli, Gustavo Serena, Bruto Castellani, Amelia Cattaneo, Carlo Cattaneo, Lea Giunchi
Crew: Henryk Sienkiewicz (Novel), Enrico Guazzoni (Writer), Enrico Guazzoni (Director), Alessandro Bona (Cinematography), Eugenio Bava (Cinematography), Enrico Guazzoni (Art Direction)
Runtime: 120 minutes
Release: Mar 01, 1913
IMDb: 5.60/10 by 21 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Italy
Language: Italiano
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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