The action takes place in ancient Rome from 64-68 AD, during the reign of the Emperor Nero. The subject is the conflict between Christianity and the corruption of the Roman Empire, especially in the last period of the Julio-Claudian line. The characters and events depicted are a mixture of actual historical figures and situations and fictionalised ones.
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy; Anthony Mann (uncredited).
Written by
S.N. Behrman (screenplay); Sonya Levien (screenplay); John Lee Mahin (screenplay); Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel).
Starring
Robert Taylor (Marcus Vinicius); Deborah Kerr (Lygia); Leo Genn (Petronius); Peter Ustinov (Nero); Patricia Laffan (Poppaea); Finlay Currie (Peter); Abraham Sofaer (Paul); Marina Berti (Eunice); Buddy Baer (Ursus); Felix Aylmer (Plautius); Nora Swinburne (Pomponia); Ralph Truman (Tigellinus); Norman Wooland (Nerva); Peter Miles (Nazarius); Geoffrey Dunn (Terpnos). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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