1951/11/08 (US) | Drama, History, Romance
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.
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
S. N. Behrman
Screenplay
Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr
Lygia
Leo Genn
Petronius
Peter Ustinov
Nero
Patricia Laffan
Poppaea
Finlay Currie
Peter
Abraham Sofaer
Paul
$ 7,623,000
$ 21,037,000
Released
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Novel
William V. Skall
Director of Photography