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Quo Vadis? (1913)
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).
Keywords: tmdb.christianity,
tmdb.ancient-rome,
tmdb.historical,
tmdb.nero,
imdb.spectacle,
imdb.epic,
imdb.christian + 5 more,
imdb.roman-empire,
imdb.religion,
imdb.ancient-rome,
imdb.based-on-novel,
imdb.remade
Production Companies: Società Italiana Cines
Runtime: 120 min.
Released: March 1, 1913
Status: Released
Certification: NR
