Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. ...
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Fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia (Deborah Kerr) and begins questioning the tyrannical leadership of the despot Emperor Nero (Sir Peter Ustinov).
During the 1655 war between Protestant Sweden and Catholic Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth some Polish-Lithuanian nobles side with Swedish king Charles X Gustav while others side with the Polish king Jan Kazimierz.
Director:
Jerzy Hoffman
Stars:
Daniel Olbrychski,
Malgorzata Braunek,
Tadeusz Lomnicki
Set at the historic moment of rebirth of Poland after World War I. The newly organized National Assembly elected Gabriel Narutowicz, a professor returning home from Switzerland to enter ... See full summary »
Director:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Stars:
Zdzislaw Mrozewski,
Marek Walczewski,
Henryk Bista
While encountering various faces of the contemporary Italian decline, a trip to Italy turns into an existential experience arising doubts within a group of ambitious filmmakers, moved by ... See full summary »
Director:
Gabriele Fabbro
Stars:
Jimmy Chen,
Jessica Ghitis,
Olivia Matterson
During a pogrom in Poland on the eve of World War I, a group of Jews seek refuge from the Cossacks. The fugitives hide out in a rural inn, terrified that they may be given away at any moment.
Director:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Stars:
Franciszek Pieczka,
Wojciech Pszoniak,
Jan Szurmiej
Jerzy enters a train set for the Baltic coast. He seems to be on the run from something - as does the strange woman with whom he must share a sleeping compartment.
Director:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Stars:
Lucyna Winnicka,
Leon Niemczyk,
Teresa Szmigielówna
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Director:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Stars:
Lucyna Winnicka,
Mieczyslaw Voit,
Anna Ciepielewska
Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome and falls in love. But she is Christian and doesn't want anything to do with him. Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus, her bodyguard, catches Marcus. After that, Lygia falls in love, but Marcus must go to meet Nero. After the meeting somebody told Marcus that Nero burnt Rome. Marcus decides to go back to Rome and find Lygia.Written by
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Never given a wide release in the U.S., its only engagement (so far) in the U.S. was in Los Angeles, California, in 2002. The film has also never been shown on U.S. cable television. See more »
Alternate Versions
On December 25, 2003 the first channel of Polish public television aired first episode of the television version of the movie. It contains of six episodes and is more than 100 minutes than the theatrical edition. Many scenes, previously deleted, were included in the mini-series. See more »
This movie impressed me greatly. Seeing the grand coliseum scenes, movies like Gladiator feels like cheap imitations.
Excellent acting, pacy, and sensitive, I consider Quo Vadis on par with UNDERGROUND, the Emir Kusturica classic.
Hope a wider audience can catch this in theaters, even a DVD wont pay justice to the wonderful sets, costumes etc. I saw this in the Polish film festival in Chicago.
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This movie impressed me greatly. Seeing the grand coliseum scenes, movies like Gladiator feels like cheap imitations.
Excellent acting, pacy, and sensitive, I consider Quo Vadis on par with UNDERGROUND, the Emir Kusturica classic.
Hope a wider audience can catch this in theaters, even a DVD wont pay justice to the wonderful sets, costumes etc. I saw this in the Polish film festival in Chicago.