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MovieMail's Review
Barney Kelly gasps at the enormity of this beautifully restored 1950s biblical epic
Filmed at enormous expense and boasting the proverbial cast of thousands, Quo Vadis was amongst the earliest of the Biblical epics that were so popular in the 1950s. It remains arguably the best.
After three years waging war, Marcus Vinicius returns to Rome and finds himself drawn to Lygia, adopted daughter of an old comrade. Pondering why she spurns his advances, he discovers that she follows the new, and decidedly un-Roman religion of Christianity. But it’s a dangerous time for Lygia and her co-religionists; Nero (played with relish by Peter Ustinov) is emperor, and has little love for the faith. When a great fire sweeps Rome, he is quick to blame it on the Christians and begins a savage persecution...
No DVD, of course, can ever fully capture what the film must have looked like on those gigantic first-run screens, but this is a heroic effort. It’s been restored – beautifully – from original materials and sings from the screen. It’s a wonderful presentation of one of the great movie spectacles.
Documentary: In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic.
Film Description
Star-studded, epic adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel based in Rome during the time of Nero. Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor), a commander in the army, returns to the city and falls in love with a Christian girl called Lygia (Deborah Kerr). However, as he is a pagan, she rejects his suit and refuses to have anything to do with him. Meanwhile, Nero (Peter Ustinov) burns down the city, blames it on the Christians, and prepares to feed them to the lions.
