Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1951-11-08) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 8 Oscars. 4 wins & 10 nominations total |
| Screen: | John Lee Mahin, S.N. Behrman, Sonya Levien |
| Productions: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano |
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Casts
- 82216: Robert Taylor - Marcus Vinicius
- 20141: Deborah Kerr - Lygia
- 29655: Leo Genn - Petronius
- 14501: Peter Ustinov - Nero
- 101497: Patricia Laffan - Poppaea
- 10027: Finlay Currie - Peter
- 135066: Abraham Sofaer - Paul
Crews
- 9054: Mervyn LeRoy - Director - Directing
- 70044: S. N. Behrman - Screenplay - Writing
- 70045: Sonya Levien - Screenplay - Writing
- 29618: John Lee Mahin - Screenplay - Writing
- 25315: Henryk Sienkiewicz - Novel - Writing
- 10004: Sam Zimbalist - Producer - Production
- 7647: Miklós Rózsa - Original Music Composer - Sound
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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 lun ....
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