Quo Vadis

About Quo Vadis

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.

Quo Vadis is a 1951 history romance film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. It runs 174 minutes and was released in November 1951.

The film is filed under christian film, christianity, ancient rome, and roman empire. The story is adapted from a novel.

Robert Taylor stars as Marcus Vinicius, Deborah Kerr as Lygia, Leo Genn as Petronius, and Peter Ustinov as Nero. The screenplay is by John Lee Mahin and S. N. Behrman. It streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel in the United States.

Ben-Hur, Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans, and Gladiator make useful companions to Quo Vadis, all filed under 1st century. TMDB voters put it at 7.1 out of 10 across 474 votes and it carries a NR rating.