Quo Vadis (1951)

Regista:

Mervyn LeRoy
(ancora)

Writers:

S.N. Behrman (screenplay)
Sonya Levien (screenplay)
(ancora)

Data di uscita:

8 novembre 1951 (USA)

Genere:

Drama | History | Romance

Slogan:

Three Years in the Making! Thousands in the Cast! Filmed in Rome!

Plot:

Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia and falls in love with her...

Plot Keywords:

Song | Persecution | Henchman | Princess Heroine | Male Female Relationship

Premi:

Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Lives up to your expectations...Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov steal the acting honors...

Cast

Robert Taylor	...	Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr	...	Lygia
Leo Genn	...	Petronius
Peter Ustinov	...	Nero
Patricia Laffan	...	Poppaea
Finlay Currie	...	Peter
Abraham Sofaer	...	Paul
Marina Berti	...	Eunice
Buddy Baer	...	Ursus
Felix Aylmer	...	Plautius
Nora Swinburne	...	Pomponia
Ralph Truman	...	Tigellinus
Norman Wooland	...	Nerva
Peter Miles	...	Nazarius
Geoffrey Dunn	...	Terpnos
Nicholas Hannen	...	Seneca
D.A. Clarke-Smith	...	Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley	...	Acte
John Ruddock	...	Chilo
Arthur Walge	...	Croton
Elspeth March	...	Miriam
Strelsa Brown	...	Rufia
Alfredo Varelli	...	Lucan
Roberto Ottaviano	...	Flavius
William Tubbs	...	Anaxander
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Marika Aba	...	Dancer (Assyrian dance at Nero's banquet) (uncredited)
Adriano Ambrogi	...	Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Anna Arena	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Alfred Baillou	...	Christian prisoner in arena (uncredited)
Giacomo Barnas	...	Senator (uncredited)
Scott R. Beal	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Francesca Biondi	...	Slave Girl (uncredited)
Carlo Borelli	...	Noble (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley	...	Hasta - 2nd Praetorian (uncredited)
Alfred Brown	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Valentino Bruchi	...	Mirmillon (uncredited)
Dante Ciriaci	...	Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Frank Colson	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Adrienne Corri	...	Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
Luca Cortese	...	Old Man (uncredited)
Daniel De Jonghe	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Liana Del Balzo	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Jack del Rio	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo	...	Pedicurist (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Cesare Fasulo	...	Noble (uncredited)
Al Ferguson	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Enrico Formichi	...	Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)
John Fostini	...	Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Dino Galvani	...	Senator (uncredited)
Richard Garrick	...	Slave (uncredited)
Jack George	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Carlo Ghisini	...	Guard (uncredited)
Trudy Glassford	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Joan Griffiths	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Robin Hughes	...	Christ (uncredited)
Adam Jennette	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Gipsy Kiss	...	Slave Girl (uncredited)
Lee Kresel	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Richard Larke	...	Guard (uncredited)
Sophia Loren	...	Lygia's slave (uncredited)
Giovanni Lovatelli	...	Banquet Man (uncredited)
Helena Makowska	...	Older Woman (uncredited)
Anna Mancini	...	Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Michael Mark	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Clelia Matania	...	Parmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamara	...	Legionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet Medin	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Dario Michaelis	...	Lydia Guard (uncredited)
Ernesto Morelli	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
John Myhers	...	Guard (uncredited)
Vincent Neptune	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Anna Maria Padoan	...	Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Louis Payne	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo Pini	...	Headkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto Plebani	...	Steward (uncredited)
Dino Raffaelli	...	Bit part (uncredited)
George Restive	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Alessandro Serbaroli	...	Officer (uncredited)
Bud Spencer	...	Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Jane Sprague	...	Banquet Lady (uncredited)
Raffaele Tana	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor	...	Christian prisoner in arena (uncredited)
William Taylor	...	Guard Captain / Marcus Guard (uncredited)
Pietro Tordi	...	Galba (uncredited)
Michael Tor	...	Centurian (uncredited)
Giuseppe Tosi	...	Wrestler (uncredited)
Carlo Tricoli	...	Apostle (uncredited)
Renato Valente	...	Guard (uncredited)
Giuseppe Varni	...	Hairdresser (uncredited)
Dianora Veiga	...	Slave Girl (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Maria Zanoli	...	Bit part (uncredited)

Regia di
Mervyn LeRoy
Anthony Mann		(uncredited)

Scritto da (in ordine alfabetico)
S.N. Behrman		screenplay
Sonya Levien		screenplay
John Lee Mahin		screenplay
Henryk Sienkiewicz		novel

Prodotto da
Sam Zimbalist	....	producer

Musiche originali di
Miklós Rózsa		(as Miklos Rozsa)

Fotografia di
William V. Skall		(director of photography)
Robert Surtees		(director of photography)

Montaggio di
Ralph E. Winters

Responsabile casting
Irene Howard		(uncredited)

Architetto-scenografo
Edward C. Carfagno		(as Edward Carfagno)
Cedric Gibbons
William A. Horning

Arredatore
Hugh Hunt
Elso Valentini		(uncredited)

Costumi di
Herschel McCoy		(costumes: recreated by)

Trucco
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist recreator
Joan Johnstone	....	hair stylist recreator
Charles E. Parker	....	makeup supervisor

Aiuto regista
Sergio Leone	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Mentor Huebner	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sonoro
Douglas Shearer	....	recording supervisor

Effetti speciali
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	special effects
Tom Howard	....	special effects (as Thomas Howard)
Donald Jahraus	....	special effects

Visual Effects
Peter Ellenshaw	....	matte artist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
George Pink	....	camera operator (uncredited)
John Schmitz	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Henri Jaffa	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Music Department
Eugene Zador	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Eddie Frewin	....	unit driver (uncredited)

Altro personale
Hugh Gray	....	historical advisor
Auriel Millos	....	choreographer
Marta Obolensky	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1951) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (1975) (USA) (TV) (first network TV airing)
• ClassicLine (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (????) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)

Alias:

Qvo Vadis (USA) (alternative spelling)

Durata:

171 min | UK:166 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Divieti:

UK:PG (tv rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #15165) | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) | West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Curiosità:

Robert Taylor's hairy chest had to be shaved for his part because the studio thought a man's hairy chest was too "sexy" for a biblical film.

Errori:

Factual errors: Nero in fact died four years later in history than shown in the film. However, the events surrounding his death (citizens revolting, committing suicide with some outside help) are true to fact.

Citazioni:

Petronius: [Nero begins to sing again, and his voice is horrible] Body of Bacchus, I've been listening to *that* all morning!
Vinicius: [amused] He seems in rare voice!

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Lives up to your expectations...Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov steal the acting honors...

Ancient Rome never looked so good--especially in the gorgeous MGM technicolor of 1951. Costumes, sets, photography and music are all of a high order--and all of the performances are competent with two outstanding ones by Leo Genn (Petronius) and Peter Ustinov (Nero). Ustinov reminds me of an overbaked Charles Laughton in some of his mad scenes, but he is a convincing weakling as Nero. Leo Genn has some of the wittiest dialogue and handles his lines with professional ease, his eyes flashing with humor as he pretends to agree with Nero on certain points. Robert Taylor is stalwart in the lead giving his usual dependable performance and Deborah Kerr is lovely (if a bit British in manner) as Lygia.

All the action and excitement you want from a spectacle--the burning of Rome, Christians in the arena thrown to the lions, the triumphal marches accompanied by Miklos Rozsa's mighty score--and scenes with sentimental and religious overtones (sometimes too extended and talky) --all combine to make the kind of lush spectacle MGM knew would be popular at the box-office. Although discriminating critics found fault with certain factors, it won eight Academy Award nominations with Ustinov and Genn both nominated for supporting roles.

Grand scale spectacle--but don't expect anything deep.