During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
Amleto Novelli
Vinicius
Gustavo Serena
Petronius
Bruto Castellani
Ursus
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March 1, 1913
2h 0m
5.7
Enrico Guazzoni
Enrico Guazzoni, Henryk Sienkiewicz
22
Società Italiana Cines
IT
Amelia Cattaneo
Eunice
Carlo Cattaneo
Nero
Lea Giunchi
Lygia
Augusto Mastripietri
Chino
Cesare Moltini
Tigellinus
Olga Brandini
Poppaea
Ignazio Lupi
Aulus
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