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A religious epic film set in ancient Rome during the reign of Nero, based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It tells the love story of a Roman commander and a Christian woman, and the persecution and martyrdom of Christians under Nero.
Quo vadis? is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you going?" It is associated with Saint Peter's encounter with the risen Christ in the apocryphal Acts of Peter. Learn how it is used idiomatically, in culture and in literature.
Quo Vadis: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann. With Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov. 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.
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- Biography, Drama, Romance
- Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
- 1951-12-25
Quo Vadis is a Polish novel set in ancient Rome during the reign of Nero. It tells the story of a Christian woman and a Roman patrician who fall in love amid the persecution of Christians by Nero.
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
- 1895
Quo Vadis? is a historical novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in Polish in 1896. It tells the story of a Christian woman and a Roman officer in ancient Rome under Nero, and reflects the Polish struggle for independence.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Quo Vadis is a historical epic film set in ancient Rome during the reign of Emperor Nero. The story follows Marcus Vinicius, a Roman officer who falls in love with a Christian woman named Lygia, and his subsequent conversion to Christianity, which leads to a clash with the Emperor.
Quo Vadis? NEW. Returning from a military campaign abroad, General Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) discovers that a new religion has taken hold in Rome: Christianity. When Vinicius encounters...
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- History, Drama
