Top billed cast

1. 

   Robert Taylor

   Marcus Vinicius

2. 

   Deborah Kerr

   Lygia

3. 

   Leo Genn

   Petronius

4. 

   Peter Ustinov

   Nero

5. 

   Patricia Laffan

   Poppaea

6. 

   Finlay Currie

   Peter

7. 

   Abraham Sofaer

   Paul of Tarsus

8. 

   Marina Berti

   Eunice

9. 

   Buddy Baer

   Ursus

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-01

Oscar-nominated Peter Ustinov is superb as the Emperor Nero in this depiction of the end of the reign of this flawed megalomanic. His behaviour is only tempered by the clever Leo Genn ("Petronius"), his arbiter of arts who manages by deft use of language and his wits, to keep the lunatic emperor from his worst excesses. Robert Taylor turns in a pretty standard performance as the film's hero "Vinicius" and Deborah Kerr looks stunning, though acts woodenly, as the rather simpering "Lygia". A wonderfully colourful spectacle of a film showing off the costumier and set designers arts to best effect...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$7,623,000.00

Revenue
$21,037,000.00

Keywords

• suicide
• based on novel or book
• rome, italy
• roman empire
• christianity
• emperor
• ancient rome
• burning
• roman army
• nero
• 1st century
• christian film
• claudius caesar
• guarda pretoriana
• praetorian guard
• matricídio
• sêneca