Movie Cosmos - Quo Vadis

Description:

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.

Top Cast >

Robert Taylor

As Marcus Vinicius

Deborah Kerr

As Lygia

Leo Genn

As Petronius

Peter Ustinov

As Nero

Patricia Laffan

As Poppaea

Finlay Currie

As Peter

Abraham Sofaer

As Paul

Marina Berti

As Eunice

Buddy Baer

As Ursus

Felix Aylmer

As Plautius

Nora Swinburne

As Pomponia

Ralph Truman

As Tigellinus

Norman Wooland

As Nerva

Peter Miles

As Nazarius

Geoffrey Dunn

As Terpnos

Nicholas Hannen

As Seneca

D.A. Clarke-Smith

As Phaon

Rosalie Crutchley

As Acte

John Ruddock

As Chilo

Arthur Walge

As Croton

Elspeth March

As Miriam

Strelsa Brown

As Rufia

Alfredo Varelli

As Lucan

Roberto Ottaviano

As Flavius

William Tubbs

As Anaxander

Pietro Tordi

As Galba

Marika Aba

As Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)

Adriano Ambrogi

As Wine Bibber (uncredited)

Anna Arena

As Woman (uncredited)

Alfred Baillou

As Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)

Giacomo Barnas

As Senator (uncredited)

Scott R. Beal

As Fisherman (uncredited)

John Binns

As Officer (uncredited)

Francesca Biondi

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Carlo Borelli

As Noble (uncredited)

Leslie Bradley

As Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)

Alfred Brown

As Man (uncredited)

Valentino Bruchi

As Mirmillon (uncredited)

Dante Ciriaci

As Wine Bibber (uncredited)

Frank Colson

As Man (uncredited)

Adrienne Corri

As Young Christian Girl (uncredited)

Luca Cortese

As Old Man (uncredited)

David Craig

As Little Boy (uncredited)

Daniel de Jonghe

As Apostle (uncredited)

Liana Del Balzo

As Woman (uncredited)

Jack Del Rio

As Apostle (uncredited)

Lia Di Leo

As Pedicurist (uncredited)

Franco Fantasia

As Man (uncredited)

Cesare Fasulo

As Noble (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

As Apostle (uncredited)

Enzo Fiermonte

As Mounted Captain (uncredited)

Enrico Formichi

As Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)

John Fostini

As Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)

Dino Galvani

As Senator (uncredited)

Richard Garrick

As Slave (uncredited)

Jack George

As Fisherman (uncredited)

Carlo Ghisini

As Guard (uncredited)

Trudy Glassford

As Woman (uncredited)

Joan Griffiths

As Woman (uncredited)

Robin Hughes

As Christ (voice) (uncredited)

Adam Jennette

As Man (uncredited)

Philip Kieffer

As Apostle (uncredited)

Gipsy Kiss

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Lee Kresel

As Man (uncredited)

Richard Larke

As Guard (uncredited)

Sophia Loren

As Lygia's Slave (uncredited)

Giovanni Lovatelli

As Banquet Man (uncredited)

Helena Makowska

As Older Woman (uncredited)

Anna Mancini

As Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)

Michael Mark

As Fisherman (uncredited)

Clelia Matania

As Parmenida (uncredited)

Richard McNamara

As Legionnaire (uncredited)

Harriet Medin

As Woman (uncredited)

Dario Michaelis

As Lydia's Guard (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

As Fisherman (uncredited)

John Myhers

As Guard (uncredited)

Vincent Neptune

As Apostle (uncredited)

Anna Maria Padoan

As Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)

Louis Payne

As Apostle (uncredited)

Walter Pidgeon

As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Aldo Pini

As Headkeeper (uncredited)

Alberto Plebani

As Steward (uncredited)

Paola Quattrini

As Crying Girl (uncredited)

Dino Raffaelli

As Man (uncredited)

George Restivo

As Apostle (uncredited)

Alfredo Rizzo

As Hairdresser (uncredited)

Amerigo Santarelli

As Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)

Leonardo Scavino

As Man (uncredited)

Alessandro Serbaroli

As Officer (uncredited)

Bud Spencer

As Imperial Guard (uncredited)

Raffaele Tana

As Man (uncredited)

Elizabeth Taylor

As Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)

William Taylor

As Guard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited)

Michael Tor

As Centurian (uncredited)

Giuseppe Tosi

As Wrestler (uncredited)

Carlo Tricoli

As Apostle (uncredited)

Renato Valente

As Guard (uncredited)

Scilla Vannucci

As White Slave Girl (uncredited)

Giuseppe Varni

As Hairdresser (uncredited)

Dianora Veiga

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Harry J. Vejar

As Fisherman (uncredited)

Romilda Villani

As Slave Girl (uncredited)

Maria Zanoli

As Woman (uncredited)

Christopher Lee

As Chariot Driver (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Sam Zimbalist

Producer

Sonya Levien

Screenplay

Robert Surtees

Director of Photography

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay

Miklós Rózsa

Original Music Composer

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Novel

William V. Skall

Director of Photography

S. N. Behrman

Screenplay

Ralph E. Winters

Editor

Charles E. Parker

Makeup Supervisor

Sydney Guilaroff

Hair Designer

Joan Johnstone

Hair Designer

Hugh Gray

Additional Writing, Lyricist

Aurel Milloss

Choreographer

Marta Obolensky

Choreographer

Anthony Mann

Second Assistant Director

Donald Jahraus

Special Effects

Sergio Leone

Second Unit Director

A. Arnold Gillespie

Special Effects

Douglas Shearer

Sound Recordist

Al Goodman

Set Designer

Peter Bolton

Assistant Director

Eugene Zador

Orchestrator

Arthur Lemming

Assistant Camera

Nuno Salvação Barreto

Stunts

Robert B. Lee

Sound

George Pink

Camera Operator

John Schmitz

Camera Operator

Piero Cavazzuti

Assistant Sound Designer

Italo Tomassi

Set Designer

Tom Howard

Special Effects

Belita Pechtl Klant

Stunts

Jean Michon

Stunts

Alfred Schneider

Stunt Coordinator

George G. Schneider

Sound

Edward C. Carfagno

Art Direction

William A. Horning

Art Direction

Hugh Hunt

Set Decoration

Cedric Gibbons

Art Direction

Elso Valentini

Set Decoration

Irene Howard

Casting

Mel Ballerino

Casting

Herschel McCoy

Costume Design

Reviews:

CinemaSerf (7/10)

Oscar-nominated Peter Ustinov is superb as the Emperor Nero in this depiction of the end of the reign of this flawed megalomanic. His behaviour is only tempered by the clever Leo Genn ("Petronius"), his arbiter of arts who manages by deft use of language and his wits, to keep the lunatic emperor from his worst excesses. Robert Taylor turns in a pretty standard performance as the film's hero "Vinicius" and Deborah Kerr looks stunning, though acts woodenly, as the rather simpering "Lygia". A wonderfully colourful spectacle of a film showing off the costumier and set designers arts to best effect. Miklós Rósza's score is suitably grand as our story gives the rise of Christianity the Hollywood treatment. It does run on a bit long, and I'm sure I spotted Sophia Loren driving a chariot...

2024-06-01