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Overview
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S.N. Behrman (screenplay)
Sonya Levien (screenplay)
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Release Date:
8 November 1951 (USA) more
Tagline:
Three Years in the Making! Thousands in the Cast! Filmed in Rome! more
Plot:
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Quo Vadis’ is a Classic Made For the Era of HD
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 23 March 2009, 2:15 PM, PDT)
Warner Brothers Releases The Epic "Quo Vadis" As 2 DVD Special Edition
(From CinemaRetro. 18 December 2008, 4:54 AM, PST)
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Lives up to your expectations...Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov steal the acting honors... more (65 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Taylor | ... | Marcus Vinicius |
 | Deborah Kerr | ... | Lygia |
 | Leo Genn | ... | Petronius |
 | Peter Ustinov | ... | Nero |
| Patricia Laffan | ... | Poppaea |
| Finlay Currie | ... | Peter |
| Abraham Sofaer | ... | Paul |
| Marina Berti | ... | Eunice |
| Buddy Baer | ... | Ursus |
| Felix Aylmer | ... | Plautius |
| Nora Swinburne | ... | Pomponia |
| Ralph Truman | ... | Tigellinus |
| Norman Wooland | ... | Nerva |
| Peter Miles | ... | Nazarius |
| Geoffrey Dunn | ... | Terpnos |
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Also Known As:
Qvo Vadis (USA) (alternative spelling)
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171 min | UK:166 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | USA:Approved (PCA #15165) | UK:PG (tv rating) | West Germany:12 (f) | Brazil:12 | South Korea:12 | Ireland:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating)
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One immediate problem they encountered with the lions was that when they were released from their cages, they found the arena so hot, they'd immediately retreat back into their cages. Director Mervyn LeRoy overcame this problem by having several costumes filled with meat. more
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Factual errors: At the beginning two Generals are seen arriving at Rome by Chariot.The Roman Army of the 1st Centuary AD did not use chariots. more
Quotes:
Petronius: [to Nero] You will be worthy of the spectacle - as the spectacle is worthy of you. more
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Referenced in An Opera of Violence (2003) (V) more
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Ancient Rome never looked so good--especially in the gorgeous MGM technicolor of 1951. Costumes, sets, photography and music are all of a high order--and all of the performances are competent with two outstanding ones by Leo Genn (Petronius) and Peter Ustinov (Nero). Ustinov reminds me of an overbaked Charles Laughton in some of his mad scenes, but he is a convincing weakling as Nero. Leo Genn has some of the wittiest dialogue and handles his lines with professional ease, his eyes flashing with humor as he pretends to agree with Nero on certain points. Robert Taylor is stalwart in the lead giving his usual dependable performance and Deborah Kerr is lovely (if a bit British in manner) as Lygia.
All the action and excitement you want from a spectacle--the burning of Rome, Christians in the arena thrown to the lions, the triumphal marches accompanied by Miklos Rozsa's mighty score--and scenes with sentimental and religious overtones (sometimes too extended and talky) --all combine to make the kind of lush spectacle MGM knew would be popular at the box-office. Although discriminating critics found fault with certain factors, it won eight Academy Award nominations with Ustinov and Genn both nominated for supporting roles.
Grand scale spectacle--but don't expect anything deep.