Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951 American film by Mervyn LeRoy
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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 Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's novel. The film stars Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov, and features Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Buddy Baer, and Felix Aylmer. Future Italian stars Sophia Loren and Bud Spencer appeared as uncredited extras. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 2, 1951.

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William V. Skall
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  • November 8, 1951 (1951-11-08)
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171 minutes
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United States
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English
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$7.6 million
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$21 million

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Petronius: It is not enough to live well. One must die well.
  • 32,000 costumes were used in the film.
  • Originally cast in 1949 with Elizabeth Taylor as Lygia and Gregory Peck as Marcus Vinicus. But as the production changed hands the following year, the roles were recast with Deborah Kerr and Robert Taylor.
  • Sophia Loren's mother, Romilda Villani, also got a bit part as a slave girl.
  • Among the many actresses who tried out for a role in the film: a pre-stardom Audrey Hepburn.
  • Film debut of Bud Spencer (Carlo Pedersoli), who plays one of the Emperor's guards.

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