Movie · 1951
Quo Vadis
“THIS IS THE BIG ONE! The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime!”
Released 8 November 1951 174 min Drama / History / Romance More from 1951 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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Finlay Currie
as Peter
Richard Garrick
as Slave (uncredited)
D.A. Clarke-Smith
as Phaon
Felix Aylmer
as Plautius
Dino Galvani
as Senator (uncredited)
Abraham Sofaer
as Paul of Tarsus
Ralph Truman
as Tigellinus
Nora Swinburne
as Pomponia
Geoffrey Dunn
as Terpnos
Leo Genn
as Petronius
Enzo Fiermonte
as Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Norman Wooland
as Nerva
Robert Taylor
as Marcus Vinicius
Buddy Baer
as Ursus
Clelia Matania
as Parmenida (uncredited)
Patricia Laffan
as Poppaea
Robin Hughes
as Christ (voice) (uncredited)
Deborah Kerr
as Lygia
Peter Ustinov
as Nero
Marina Berti
as Eunice
Franco Fantasia
as Man (uncredited)
Dario Michaelis
as Lydia's Guard (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
as Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Peter Miles
as Nazarius
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2.8×$8m budget became $21m at the box office
60years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Finlay Currie — oldest on the call sheet
13Peter Miles — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast