

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!
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7.6M
- Box office
- $21M
- Language
- English
- suicide
- based on novel or book
- rome, italy
- roman empire
- christianity
- emperor
- ancient rome
- burning
- roman army
- nero
- 1st century
- christian film
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York8 Nov 1951
- Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California29 Nov 1951
- TheatricalNR25 Dec 1951
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG25 Jan 1952
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical68 Nov 1951
BrazilBR
- Theatrical25 Feb 1952
- Physical12DVD/VHS30 May 2006
FranceFR
- TheatricalU1 Oct 1953
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1613 Aug 1954
GreeceGR
- Theatrical15 Mar 1954
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1217 Apr 1953
ItalyIT
- Theatrical5 Mar 1953
JapanJP
- TheatricalG5 Sept 1953
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical630 Apr 1954
- TV6SBS 616 Jul 2003
- Physical6DVD12 Oct 2011
- Physical6Blu ray18 Dec 2012
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/129 Oct 1952
- TheatricalM/12re-release3 Jun 1976
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Quo Vadis was released on 8 November 1951.
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CinemaSerf
6/1/2024
Oscar-nominated Peter Ustinov is superb as the Emperor Nero in this depiction of the end of the reign of this flawed megalomanic. His behaviour is only tempered by the clever Leo Genn ("Petronius"), his arbiter of arts who manages by deft use of language and his wits, to keep the lunatic emperor from his worst excesses. Robert Taylor turns in a pretty standard performance as the film's hero "Vinicius" and Deborah Ker…
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