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Films set in 1st-century Roman Empire
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The list Films set in 1st-century Roman Empire includes
The Passion of the Christ, Caligula, Quo Vadis, King of Kings and Life of Brian.
The list consists of 39 members
and 5 sublists.
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The Passion of the Christ
2004 film directed by Mel Gibson
Overview: The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American epic biblical drama film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Mel Gibson. It stars Jim Caviezel as Jesus of Nazareth, Maia Morgenstern as Mary, mother of ...
Release date: 25 February 2004Genre: DramaDirector: Mel GibsonCast: Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern, Christo Jivkov, Francesco De Vito, Monica Bellucci, Mattia SbragiaProducer: Bruce Davey, Mel GibsonWriter: Benedict Fitzgerald, Mel GibsonDepicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth, on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem.
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Quo Vadis
1951 American film by Mervyn LeRoy
Overview: Quo Vadis (Latin for "Where are you going?") is a 1951 American religious epic film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign, based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Polish ...
Release date: 8 November 1951Genre: Drama, History, Romance, BiographyDirector: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony MannProducer: Sam ZimbalistWriter: John Lee Mahin, S.N. BehrmanAfter fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership ... 0
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King of Kings
1961 film of the life of Jesus Christ
Overview: King of Kings is a 1961 American epic religious film directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Samuel Bronston for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Adapted from the New Testament, the film tells the story of Jesus ...
Genre: Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Nicholas RayProducer: Samuel Bronston, Alan BrownWriter: Philip Yordan, Ray BradburyThe temporary physical life of the Biblical Savior, Jesus Christ. 0
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Life of Brian
1979 film by Terry Jones
Overview: Monty Python's Life of Brian (also known as Life of Brian) is a 1979 British black comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle ...
Release date: 17 August 1979Genre: ComedyDirector: Terry JonesProducer: Tarak Ben Ammar, John GoldstoneWriter: Graham Chapman, John CleeseBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah. 0
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History of the World: Part I
1981 film by Mel Brooks
Overview: History of the World, Part I is a 1981 American comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás ...
Release date: 12 June 1981Genre: Comedy, MusicalDirector: Mel BrooksProducer: Mel Brooks, Joel ChernoffWriter: Mel BrooksMel Brooks brings his one-of-a-kind comic touch to the history of mankind covering events from the Old Testament to the French Revolution in a series of ... 0
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Angyali üdvözlet
1984 film
Overview: The Annunciation (Hungarian: Angyali üdvözlet) is a Hungarian film directed by András Jeles in 1984, based on The Tragedy of Man (1861) by Imre Madách. 0
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Pompeii
2014 historical film
Overview: Pompeii is a 2014 epic romantic historical disaster film produced and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. An international co-production between the United States, Germany and Canada, it is inspired by and ...
Release date: 18 February 2014Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, HistoryDirector: Paul W.S. AndersonCast: Dyaln Schombing, Jean-Francois Lachapelle, Rebecca Eady, Kiefer Sutherland, Sasha Roiz, Jean FrenetteProducer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy BoltWriter: Janet Scott Batchler, Lee BatchlerA slave-turned-gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator. As Mount Vesuvius ... 0
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Pompei
2007 Italian film
Overview: Imperium: Pompeii is a 2007 Italian television film and part of the Imperium series. It tells the story of the last days of Pompeii, the city buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. It was shot in ...Release date: 5 March 2007Genre: Romance, HistoryDirector: Giulio BaseCast: Lorenzo Crespi, Andrea Osvárt, Massimo Venturiello, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Maurizio Aiello, Fabrizio BucciProducer: Luca Bernabei, Matilde BernabeiWriter: Francesco Arlanch, Salvatore Basile 0
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Imperium: Nerone
British TV series or program
Overview: Nero is an Italian-British-Spanish television film, part of the Imperium series; it was made film available on DVD as of November 2005 in the U.S. and Canada. Produced by EOS Entertainment and Lux Vide ...Release date: 23 May 2004Genre: War, DramaDirector: Paul MarcusCast: Hans Matheson, Laura Morante, Rike Schmid, Simón Andreu, Sonia Aquino, Maria Gabriella BarbutiProducer: Paul Billing, Francesco ContaldoA six-episode mini-series covering five centuries of the Roman Empire. 0
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Warrior Queen
British TV series or program
Overview: Boudica (released in the United States as Warrior Queen) is a 2003 British biographical-historical television film about the queen of the Iceni tribe, Boudica. It stars Alex Kingston, Steven Waddington ...Release date: 28 September 2003Genre: Drama, War, History, ActionDirector: Bill AndersonProducer: Andrew Davies, Matthew Bird 0
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Up Pompeii
1971 film by Bob Kellett
Overview: Up Pompeii is a 1971 British sex comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. It was written by Sid Colin based on an idea by Talbot Rothwell.Release date: 9 March 1971Genre: ComedyDirector: Bob KellettProducer: Terry Glinwood, Ned SherrinWriter: Sid Colin, Talbot RothwellRoman slave Lurkio inadvertently becomes the possessor of a scroll naming the proposed assassins of the Emperor Nero... 0
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The Sign of the Cross
1932 film
Overview: The Sign of the Cross is a 1932 American pre-Code epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. Based on the original 1895 play by English playwright Wilson B ...
Release date: 30 November 1932Genre: Drama, HistoryDirector: Cecil B. DeMilleProducer: Cecil B. DeMilleWriter: Waldemar Young, Sidney BuchmanA Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero. 0
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Intolerance
1916 film
Overview: Intolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel s ...
Release date: 5 August 1916Genre: Drama, History, RomanceDirector: D.W. GriffithProducer: D.W. GriffithWriter: Hettie Grey Baker, Tod BrowningThe story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history. 0
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Fellini Satyricon
1969 film by Federico Fellini
Overview: Fellini Satyricon, or simply Satyricon, is a 1969 Italian film written and directed by Federico Fellini and loosely based on Petronius's work Satyricon, written during the reign of Emperor Nero and set ...
Release date: 3 September 1969Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-FiDirector: Federico FelliniProducer: Alberto GrimaldiWriter: Petronius, Federico FelliniA series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome. 0
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966 film by Richard Lester
Overview: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a 1966 period musical comedy film, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford reprising their stage roles. It also features Buster Keaton ...
Release date: 16 October 1966Genre: Musical, ComedyDirector: Richard LesterProducer: Melvin FrankWriter: Melvin Frank, Michael PertweeA wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging ... 0
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Mary Magdalene
2018 film by Garth Davis
Overview: Mary Magdalene is a 2018 biblical drama film about the woman of the same name, written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett and directed by Garth Davis. It stars Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel ...
Director: Garth DavisProducer: Katherine Bridle, Iain CanningWriter: Helen Edmundson, Philippa GoslettTwelve men heard and spread the message of Jesus. Only one woman understood it. 0
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Killing Jesus
American television film
Overview: Killing Jesus is an American television film inspired by the 2013 book of the same title by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. This is National Geographic's third installment of television adaptations of ...
Genre: Biography, Drama, HistoryDirector: Christopher MenaulCast: Kelsey Grammer, Vernon Dobtcheff, Eoin Macken, Rufus Sewell, John Rhys-Davies, Michael D'CruzeProducer: Jimmy Abounoum, Aidan ElliottWriter: Martin Dugard, Walon GreenA miniseries chronicling the life of Jesus of Nazareth. 0
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Imperium: Saint Peter
2005 Italian film
Overview: Imperium: Saint Peter is a 2005 Italian television-film about the life and work of Saint Peter. The film stars Omar Sharif as Peter, and was originally released as San Pietro.Release date: 24 October 2005Genre: DramaDirector: Giulio BaseProducer: Francesco Arlanch, Salvatore BasileSaint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's... 0
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Imperium: Augustus
2003 television miniseries
Overview: Imperium: Augustus is a 2003 joint British-Italian production, and part of the Imperium series. It tells of the life story of Octavian and how he became Augustus. Half the film takes place in the past ...Release date: 30 November 2003Genre: War, Romance, History, DramaDirector: Roger YoungCast: Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling, Vittoria Belvedere, Benjamin Sadler, Ken Duken, Russell BarrProducer: Luca Bernabei, Matilde BernabeiWriter: Eric Lerner 0
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I, Claudius
British film
Overview: I, Claudius is an unfinished 1937 film adaptation of the novels I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1935) by Robert Graves. Produced by Alexander Korda, the film was directed by Josef von Sternberg ...
Genre: DramaDirector: Josef von SternbergProducer: Alexander KordaWriter: Lester Cohen, Robert GravesThe life and times of the Roman Emperor Claudius (10 B.C. to 54 A.D.). 0
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