Quo Vadis?
About Quo Vadis?
In Nero's Rome, the pagan general Marcus Vinicius falls in love with Licia, a Christian hostage. Their religions keep them apart. Nero burns the city and blames the Christians.
Cast & crew
More about Quo Vadis?
Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby directed and wrote it from Henryk Sienkiewicz's 1896 novel. Arturo Ambrosio produced it for Unione Cinematografica Italiana. Giovanni Vitrotti, Curt Courant, and Alfredo Donelli photographed it. First National released it in the United States. It opened in Austria and Germany in October 1924. Wikipedia gives 90 minutes, and 120 minutes for a director's cut. Emil Jannings plays Nero. Elena Sangro plays Poppea. Lillian Hall-Davis plays Licia. Rina De Liguoro is billed.
Themes
Making
UCI mounted Sienkiewicz in Italy with Jannings as Nero and three cameramen.
Look
Giovanni Vitrotti, Curt Courant, and Alfredo Donelli shot the Roman sets and the fire.
Notes
- The novel's Lygia is called Licia in this film.
- A director's cut is listed at 120 minutes.
- Ambrosio's name is also on some direction credits. The writing and direction credits used here are D'Annunzio and Jacoby.
- The 1951 Hollywood film is a later adaptation of the same novel.
Scenes
- Vinicius meets Licia, a Christian hostage.
- Nero blames the Christians for the burning of Rome.
Influenced by
- Henryk Sienkiewicz's Quo Vadis (1896)
