
Quo Vadis?
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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).
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Società Italiana Cines
Language
XX
Status
Released
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Cast

Amleto Novelli
Vinicius

Gustavo Serena
Petronius

Bruto Castellani
Ursus
Amelia Cattaneo
Eunice
Carlo Cattaneo
Nero

Lea Giunchi
Lygia
Augusto Mastripietri
Chino
Cesare Moltini
Tigellinus
Olga Brandini
Poppaea
Ignazio Lupi
Aulus
Giovanni Gizzi
Saint Peter

Lia Orlandini
Ida Carloni Talli
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