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Quo vadis
Quo vadis (Motion picture : 1951)
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Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygi...
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all other Christians. He decides to make a sport of it by throwing them to the lions.
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- Creator
- Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screenplay by John Lee Mahin and S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien ; produced by Sam Zimbalist ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy
- Included Title
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- In the beginning: Quo Vadis and the genesis of the Biblical epic
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987, director
- Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967, director
- Zimbalist, Sam, producer
- Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984, author of screenplay
- Behrman, S. N. (Samuel Nathaniel), 1893-1973, author of screenplay
- Levien, Sonya, 1888?-1960, author of screenplay
- Taylor, Robert, 1911-1969, actor
- Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007, actor
- Genn, Leo, 1905-1978, actor
- Ustinov, Peter, actor
- Skall, W. V. (William V.), 1898-1976, cinematographer
- Surtees, Robert, cinematographer
- Winters, Ralph E., film editor
- Rózsa, Miklós, 1907-1995, composer
- Sienkiewicz, Henryk, 1846-1916. Quo vadis?
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Publication
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- Two-disc special edition, fullscreen
- Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008]
- Physical Details
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- 2 DVD-videos (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 1419873547, 9781419873546
- OCLC
- ocn268679716
- Credits
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- Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov
- Director, Anthony Mann (uncredited) ; directors of photography, Robert Surtees, William V. Skall ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music, Miklós Rózsa
- Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
- Special features: Disc one: Movie part one; commentary soundtrack by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney; original roadshow overture and exit music rejoined to the film ; trailers. Disc two: Movie part two; "In the beginning: Quo Vadis and the genesis of the Biblical epic" new featurette commentary soundtrack by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney.
- DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono. ; dual-layer ; digitally remastered.
- English or dubbed French soundtracks with optional French, Japanese or Spanish subtitles and optional English (SDH) subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- Special features: Disc one: Movie part one ; Theatrical trailers -- Disc two: Movie part two ; "In the beginning: Quo Vadis and the genesis of the Biblical epic" ; Commentary by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney ; Original roadshow overture and exit music rejoined to the film -- Language: English mono ; French mono -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, Japanese, French
Subjects
- Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68 -- Drama.
- Generals -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
- Christian women -- Rome -- Drama.
- Persecution -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
- Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Drama.
- Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Drama.