Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
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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
Watch the trailer of the epic film Quo Vadis, set in ancient Rome, where a Christian slave girl (Deborah Kerr) and a Legion commander (Robert Taylor) fall in love amid the persecution of Nero (Peter Ustinov). The film was nominated for eight Oscars and featured 30,000 participants and a filmed-on-location spectacle.
- 5 min
- 28.5K
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Quo Vadis. 1951 · 2 hr 55 min. TV-PG. Drama · Romance. The epic tale of the love of a Christian woman that conquers a Roman warrior and the religion that ruled the greatest empire the world has known. Subtitles: English.
