Release Date

01 Mar, 1913

Runtime

02:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).

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Actors

Amleto Novelli

Gustavo Serena

Bruto Castellani

Amelia Cattaneo

Carlo Cattaneo

Lea Giunchi

Augusto Mastripietri

Cesare Moltini

Olga Brandini

Ignazio Lupi

Giovanni Gizzi

Lia Orlandini

Ida Carloni Talli

Crew

Enrico Guazzoni

Enrico Guazzoni

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Eugenio Bava

Alessandro Bona

Enrico Guazzoni

Camillo Innocenti

Enrico Guazzoni

Enrico Guazzoni