Synopsis
Although not as much of a cinematic landmark as the 1913 version of Quo Vadis?, this 1924 Italian adaptation of the Henryk Sienkiewicz best-seller was a splendidly lavish production, not to mention a worldwide box-office success. The basic story of Emperor Nero's politically motivated persecution of the early Christians, and of the "conversion" of an agnostic Roman warrior via the love of a virtuous Christian girl, was as usual subordinated to spectacle, especially in the "burning of Rome" scenes and the...more