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Quo Vadis
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.
7.092
171 min
Release
1951-11-08
Cast
Robert Taylor
as Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr
as Lygia
Leo Genn
as Petronius
Peter Ustinov
as Nero
Patricia Laffan
as Poppaea
Finlay Currie
as Peter
Abraham Sofaer
as Paul of Tarsus
Marina Berti
as Eunice
Buddy Baer
as Ursus
Felix Aylmer
as Plautius
Nora Swinburne
as Pomponia
Ralph Truman
as Tigellinus
Norman Wooland
as Nerva
Peter Miles
as Nazarius
Geoffrey Dunn
as Terpnos
Nicholas Hannen
as Seneca
D.A. Clarke-Smith
as Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley
as Acte
John Ruddock
as ChiloArthur Walge
as CrotonElspeth March
as MiriamStrelsa Brown
as Rufia
Alfredo Varelli
as LucanRoberto Ottaviano
as Flavius
William Tubbs
as Anaxander
Pietro Tordi
as GalbaMarika Aba
as Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)Adriano Ambrogi
as Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Anna Arena
as Woman (uncredited)
Alfred Baillou
as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)Giacomo Barnas
as Senator (uncredited)Scott R. Beal
as Fisherman (uncredited)John Binns
as Officer (uncredited)Francesca Biondi
as Slave Girl (uncredited)Carlo Borelli
as Noble (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
as Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Alfred Brown
as Man (uncredited)Valentino Bruchi
as Mirmillon (uncredited)Dante Ciriaci
as Wine Bibber (uncredited)Frank Colson
as Man (uncredited)
Adrienne Corri
as Young Christian Girl (uncredited)Luca Cortese
as Old Man (uncredited)David Craig
as Little Boy (uncredited)Daniel de Jonghe
as Apostle (uncredited)Liana Del Balzo
as Woman (uncredited)Jack Del Rio
as Apostle (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo
as Pedicurist (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
as Man (uncredited)Cesare Fasulo
as Noble (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
as Apostle (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
as Mounted Captain (uncredited)Enrico Formichi
as Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)John Fostini
as Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Dino Galvani
as Senator (uncredited)
Richard Garrick
as Slave (uncredited)Jack George
as Fisherman (uncredited)Carlo Ghisini
as Guard (uncredited)Trudy Glassford
as Woman (uncredited)Joan Griffiths
as Woman (uncredited)
Robin Hughes
as Christ (voice) (uncredited)Adam Jennette
as Man (uncredited)Philip Kieffer
as Apostle (uncredited)Gipsy Kiss
as Slave Girl (uncredited)Lee Kresel
as Man (uncredited)Richard Larke
as Guard (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
as Lygia's Slave (uncredited)Giovanni Lovatelli
as Banquet Man (uncredited)
Helena Makowska
as Older Woman (uncredited)Anna Mancini
as Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Michael Mark
as Fisherman (uncredited)
Clelia Matania
as Parmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamara
as Legionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet Medin
as Woman (uncredited)
Dario Michaelis
as Lydia's Guard (uncredited)Ernesto Molinari
as Fisherman (uncredited)
John Myhers
as Guard (uncredited)Vincent Neptune
as Apostle (uncredited)Anna Maria Padoan
as Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Louis Payne
as Apostle (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
as Headkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto Plebani
as Steward (uncredited)
Paola Quattrini
as Crying Girl (uncredited)Dino Raffaelli
as Man (uncredited)George Restivo
as Apostle (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
as Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino
as Man (uncredited)Alessandro Serbaroli
as Officer (uncredited)
Bud Spencer
as Imperial Guard (uncredited)Raffaele Tana
as Man (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
as Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)William Taylor
as Guard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited)Michael Tor
as Centurian (uncredited)Giuseppe Tosi
as Wrestler (uncredited)Carlo Tricoli
as Apostle (uncredited)Renato Valente
as Guard (uncredited)Scilla Vannucci
as White Slave Girl (uncredited)Giuseppe Varni
as Hairdresser (uncredited)Dianora Veiga
as Slave Girl (uncredited)Harry J. Vejar
as Fisherman (uncredited)Romilda Villani
as Slave Girl (uncredited)
Maria Zanoli
as Woman (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
as Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
as (uncredited)Director
REVIEWS
Geronimo1967
Oscar-nominated Peter Ustinov is superb as the Emperor Nero in this depiction of the end of the reign of this flawed megalomanic. His behaviour is only tempered by the clever Leo Genn ("Petronius"), his arbiter of arts who manages by deft use of language and his wits, to keep the lunatic emperor from his worst excesses. Robert Taylor turns in a pretty standard performance as the film's hero "Vinicius" and Deborah Kerr looks stunning, though acts woodenly, as the rather simpering "Lygia". A wonderfully colourful spectacle of a film showing off the costumier and set designers arts to best effect. Miklós Rósza's score is suitably grand as our story gives the rise of Christianity the Hollywood treatment. It does run on a bit long, and I'm sure I spotted Sophia Loren driving a chariot...
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