During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
Unfortunately the movie Quo Vadis? is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Enrico Guazzoni | Director |
| Writing | Enrico Guazzoni | Writer |
| Writing | Henryk Sienkiewicz | Novel |
| Crew | Eugenio Bava | Cinematography |
| Crew | Alessandro Bona | Cinematography |
| Art | Enrico Guazzoni | Art Direction |
| Editing | Enrico Guazzoni | Editor |
| Art | Enrico Guazzoni | Production Design |
| Art | Camillo Innocenti | Production Design |
