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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.

Director

Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann

Year

Genre

biography, drama, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Nominated for 8 Oscars. 4 wins & 10 nominations total

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Marcus Vinicius

Lygia

Petronius

Nero

Poppaea

Patricia Laffan

Peter

Paul

Eunice

Ursus

Plautius

Pomponia

Tigellinus

Nerva

Nazarius

Terpnos

Seneca

Nicholas Hannen

Phaon (as D. A. Clarke - Smith)

D.A. Clarke-Smith

Acte

Rosalie Crutchley

Chilo

Croton

Miriam

Rufia

Lucan

Alfredo Varelli

Flavius

Roberto Ottaviano

Anaxander

Galba

Dancer - Assyrian Dance at Nero's Banquet

Wine Bibber

Adriano Ambrogi

Undetermined Role

Christian Prisoner in Arena

Senator

Fisherman

Officer

Slave Girl

Francesca Biondi

Serving Woman

Noble

Hasta - 2nd Praetorian

Undetermined Role

Undetermined Role

Mirmillon

Valentino Bruchi

Banquet Lady

Wine Bibber

Undetermined Role

Young Christian Girl

Old Man

Little Boy

Undetermined Role

Maurice De Bosardi

Apostle

Daniel De Jonghe

Banquet Man

Michael De Krasny

Undetermined Role

Liana Del Balzo

Apostle

Pedicurist

Undetermined Role

Eduardo Di Persis

Girl

Child

Gabriella Fabrizio

Undetermined Role

Franco Fantasia

Noble

Apostle

Mounted Captain

Man with Wine Cup

Enrico Formichi

Young Unbaptized Man

Undetermined Role

Senator

Slave

Richard Garrick

Lydia Guard

Fisherman

Guard

Undetermined Role

Trudy Glassford

Undetermined Role

Girl

Evelyn Guignard

Christ (voice)

Undetermined Role

Apostle

Slave Girl

Undetermined Role

Guard

Lygia's Slave

Banquet Man

Giovanni Lovatelli

Older Woman

Helena Makowska

Nubian Slave Girl

Fisherman

Parmenida

Legionnaire

Richard McNamara

Undetermined Role

Lydia Guard

Dario Michaelis

Fisherman

Ernesto Molinari

Guard

Apostle

Vincent Neptune

Servant

Banquet Lady

Young Unbaptized Woman

Anna Maria Padoan

Guard

Riccardo Pantellini

Apostle

Narrator

Headkeeper

Steward

Alberto Plebani

Undetermined Role

Undetermined Role

Apostle

Guard

Kenneth Richards

Hairdresser

Schipio

Guard tying the Christians

Amerigo Santarelli

Undetermined Role

Leonardo Scavino

Marcus Guard

Joseph Sebaroli

Officer

Alessandro Serbaroli

Faun

Jurek Shabelewski

Undetermined Role

Charon

Guard

Armando Spaccarelli

Imperial Guard

Banquet Lady

Undetermined Role

Christian Prisoner in Arena

Elizabeth Taylor

Guard Captain / Marcus Guard

Centurian

Wrestler

Apostle

Guard

White Slave Girl

Scilla Vannucci

Hairdresser

Slave Girl

Fisherman

Slave Girl

Romilda Villani

Undetermined Role

Benjamin Wilkes

Undetermined Role

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Petronius Nero Narrator Lygia Acte Ursus Poppaea Flavius Tigellinus Guard Peter

Well, there it stands. Rome. - Quo Vadis

Well, there it stands. Rome.

Hail, in the name of the divine Nero,
prince emperor and supreme pontiff. - Quo Vadis

Hail, in the name of the divine Nero, prince emperor and sup...

By the body of... - Quo Vadis

By the body of...

Commander Marcus Vinicius.
I request an audience with the emperor. - Quo Vadis

Commander Marcus Vinicius. I request an audience with the em...

Skin like cream - Quo Vadis

Skin like cream

I've been listening to that since morning - Quo Vadis

I've been listening to that since morning

The new wife Poppaea sounds interesting - Quo Vadis

The new wife Poppaea sounds interesting

Well he's our emperor - Quo Vadis

Well he's our emperor

I know nothing of politics - Quo Vadis

I know nothing of politics

I bid you welcome, Marcus Vinicius. - Quo Vadis

I bid you welcome, Marcus Vinicius.

You're expecting other guests
this evening, general? - Quo Vadis

You're expecting other guests this evening, general?

"Oh, no. We live a quiet life here." - Quo Vadis

"Oh, no. We live a quiet life here."

Why with one arm strapped you could kill 50 Nubians an hour - Quo Vadis

Why with one arm strapped you could kill 50 Nubians an hour

And as for the women of Gaul - Quo Vadis

And as for the women of Gaul

A citizen of Rome though I was born in Tarsus - Quo Vadis

A citizen of Rome though I was born in Tarsus

I don't know a great deal about philosophy - Quo Vadis

I don't know a great deal about philosophy

That beggar faced philosopher - Quo Vadis

That beggar faced philosopher

Captain, what's the delay here? - Quo Vadis

Captain, what's the delay here?

Does the sun have privacy - Quo Vadis

Does the sun have privacy

They demand too much I tell you this mob this mob tortures me - Quo Vadis

They demand too much I tell you this mob this mob tortures...

His audience But they irk me those people - Quo Vadis

His audience But they irk me those people

We fought with our bowels - Quo Vadis

We fought with our bowels

It's lonely to be an emperor - Quo Vadis

It's lonely to be an emperor

It's lonely to be an emperor - Quo Vadis

It's lonely to be an emperor

Remember, thou art only a man. - Quo Vadis

Remember, thou art only a man.

They march as they fight - Quo Vadis

They march as they fight

Yes my lord - Quo Vadis

You don't want her - Quo Vadis

You don't want her

Oh, my dear, beautiful lord. - Quo Vadis

Oh, my dear, beautiful lord.

I have an order from the emperor. - Quo Vadis

I have an order from the emperor.

The hostage, Lygia. - Quo Vadis

The hostage, Lygia.

Ten big strong Praetorian Guards to support my eagerness to come - Quo Vadis

Ten big strong Praetorian Guards to support my eagerness to...

Hail Nero. - Quo Vadis

Have you ever seen your emperor
and your god this close before? - Quo Vadis

Have you ever seen your emperor and your god this close befo...

Same faces. - Quo Vadis

Dear Poppaea one woman should never judge another - Quo Vadis

Dear Poppaea one woman should never judge another

One woman shouldn't judge another - Quo Vadis

One woman shouldn't judge another

Bravo. - Quo Vadis

My conflagration does not burn enough - Quo Vadis

My conflagration does not burn enough

Here. Oh, how clumsy of me. - Quo Vadis

Here. Oh, how clumsy of me.

Aulus, my dear,
you must get some sleep. - Quo Vadis

Aulus, my dear, you must get some sleep.

Master of the World - Quo Vadis

Master of the World

This is the Appian Way - Quo Vadis

This is the Appian Way

You see how they gather, lord?
In stealth, like thieves and murderers. - Quo Vadis

You see how they gather, lord? In stealth, like thieves and ...

- That's the man I met at her house.
- Yes, she's here, without a doubt, lord. - Quo Vadis

- That's the man I met at her house. - Yes, she's ...

Endure all things in his name,
that you may dwell in blessedness. - Quo Vadis

Endure all things in his name, that you may dwell in blessed...

There. There she is. - Quo Vadis

There. There she is.

- Well, commander?
- Come along. - Quo Vadis

- Well, commander? - Come along.

That giant looks as though
he had the strength of a Cretan bull. - Quo Vadis

That giant looks as though he had the strength of a Cretan b...

Go no further, commander. - Quo Vadis

Go no further, commander.

Ursus wishes to speak to you - Quo Vadis

Ursus wishes to speak to you

There's such an army of gods these days we can always find room for another - Quo Vadis

There's such an army of gods these days we can always...

But Marcus don't you see - Quo Vadis

But Marcus don't you see

I almost...
I wanted to go with him, Paul. - Quo Vadis

I almost... I wanted to go with him, Paul.

Why do you stare at me - Quo Vadis

Why do you stare at me

I command you to stop loving me - Quo Vadis

I command you to stop loving me

Is it not disgusting when common bovine solicitude - Quo Vadis

Is it not disgusting when common bovine solicitude

I came proudly as fast as my hands and knees will carry me - Quo Vadis

I came proudly as fast as my hands and knees will carry me

It is foolish to kill those you hate because once dead they are beyond pain - Quo Vadis

It is foolish to kill those you hate because once dead they...

When I play and sing I have visions of things I never dreamed existed - Quo Vadis

When I play and sing I have visions of things I never...

Yet there are those who say that I am mad - Quo Vadis

Yet there are those who say that I am mad

But what of the Rome that has stood for a thousand years - Quo Vadis

But what of the Rome that has stood for a thousand years

Rome is a sea of flames It burns from rim to rim - Quo Vadis

Rome is a sea of flames It burns from rim to rim

Nero has his place in history - Quo Vadis

Nero has his place in history

Look, there's one of Nero's soldiers. - Quo Vadis

Look, there's one of Nero's soldiers.

The people here, the girl with the giant,
have you seen them? - Quo Vadis

The people here, the girl with the giant, have you seen them...

Here, go on. Take care of her. - Quo Vadis

Here, go on. Take care of her.

The sewers. The sewers lead to the river. - Quo Vadis

The sewers. The sewers lead to the river.

Lygia. - Quo Vadis

Lygia. - Quo Vadis

Marcus Miriam is dead in the fire - Quo Vadis

Marcus Miriam is dead in the fire

Open up. - Quo Vadis

Petronius look what I've created - Quo Vadis

Petronius look what I've created

You will be worthy of the spectacle as the spectacle is worthy of you - Quo Vadis

You will be worthy of the spectacle as the spectacle is...

Is it possible that human beings can produce such a sound - Quo Vadis

Is it possible that human beings can produce such a sound

- Death to Nero.
- Death to the incendiary. - Quo Vadis

- Death to Nero. - Death to the incendiary.

I do not ask favors I confer them - Quo Vadis

I do not ask favors I confer them

I'm surrounded by eunuchs - Quo Vadis

I'm surrounded by eunuchs

You're not like these other people - Quo Vadis

You're not like these other people

Insatiable and thankless mob - Quo Vadis

Insatiable and thankless mob

What do they want - Quo Vadis

What do they want

Let future ages looking back at this time - Quo Vadis

Let future ages looking back at this time

And it may be Petronius is himself a Christian - Quo Vadis

And it may be Petronius is himself a Christian

Rome has given the world justice and order - Quo Vadis

Rome has given the world justice and order

Marcus Vinicius? - Quo Vadis

Marcus Vinicius?

Hold yourself straight, youngster. - Quo Vadis

Hold yourself straight, youngster.

Yesterday I could have gone to the mob and told them that Nero burned Rome - Quo Vadis

Yesterday I could have gone to the mob and told them that...

People will believe any lie - Quo Vadis

People will believe any lie

Marcus? - Quo Vadis

It is not enough to live well - Quo Vadis

It is not enough to live well

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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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Director: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann

Writer: John Lee Mahin, S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: biography, drama, romance

Year: 1951

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Dec 1951

Awards: Nominated for 8 Oscars. 4 wins & 10 nominations total

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