Overview
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).
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 1, 1913
- Original language
- Latin
- Spoken languages
- Italian
- Countries
- Italy
- Production
- Società Italiana Cines
- Cast
- Amleto Novelli,Gustavo Serena,Bruto Castellani,Amelia Cattaneo,Carlo Cattaneo,Lea Giunchi,Augusto Mastripietri,Cesare Moltini,Olga Brandini,Ignazio Lupiand 3 more
- Director
- Enrico Guazzoni
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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