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Henryk Sienkiewicz (novel)
Enrico Guazzoni (writer)
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March 1913 (Hungary) more
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Amazing for its day more (2 total)
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(Credited cast)| Amleto Novelli | ... | Vinicius | |
| Gustavo Serena | ... | Petronius | |
| Amelia Cattaneo | ... | Eunice | |
| Carlo Cattaneo | ... | Nero | |
| Lea Giunchi | ... | Lygia | |
| Augusto Mastripietri | ... | Chilo | |
| Cesare Moltini | ... | Tigellinus | |
| Olga Brandini | ... | Poppaea | |
| Ignazio Lupi | ... | Aulus | |
| Giovanni Gizzi | ... | St Peter | |
| Lia Orlandini | |||
| Matilde Guillaume | |||
| Ida Carloni Talli | |||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bruto Castellani | ... | Ursus | |
| Giuseppe Gambardella | |||
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120 min
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Contemporary accounts reported that in a scene in an arena where lions were eating "Christians" (actually dummies stuffed with raw meat to entice the lions to eat them), one of the lions suddenly turned and pounced into a crowd of nearby extras. It grabbed one man and dragged him back to where the other lions were feasting on the "bodies". By the time the lion's trainer grabbed a rifle and shot the animal, it had already killed and began to eat the unlucky extra. Although the incident was caught on film, there was a question as to whether it was actually used in the movie itself; the producers said it wasn't, some of the actors who later saw the completed film said it was. Since no copy of it is known to exist at present, there is no way to know. more
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Probably the first feature film (over 60 min.) ever, this movie has gigantic sets that rival those of movies made years later. All camera shots are stationary, but this doesn't seem to take away from the story much. The story is fairly close to the book with a few liberties--definitely closer than the 1951 version. Obviously the idea of writing a full-length feature film still needed some work. Characters are simply introduced doing things as though the viewer already knows them. St. Peter steals the show in the last half. He's got some great scenes. An important film to watch for anyone who wants to see early breakthroughs in cinema. It's also a good study of early Christianity in cinema.