Top billed cast

1. 

   Klaus Maria Brandauer

   Nero

2. 

   Frederic Forrest

   Petronius

3. 

   Cristina Raines

   Poppaea

4. 

   Francesco Quinn

   Marcus Vinicius

5. 

   Barbara De Rossi

   Eunice

6. 

   Marie Theres Relin

   Lygia

7. 

   Massimo Girotti

   Aulus Plautius

8. 

   Françoise Fabian

   Pomponia

9. 

   Max von Sydow

   Petrus

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Current Season

Season 1

1985 | 6 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-22

This mini-series certainly lacks much of the pomp and splendour of the more acclaimed 1951 version but it isn't at all bad. Klaus Maria Brandauer portrays the Emperor Nero as more of a disillusioned actor than a tyrannical maniac with Frederic Forrest dominating as his artistic mentor trying to keep the wayward emperor from losing the plot completely. It hadn't the budget, so ends up as a much more theatrical style production than the Ustinov/Genn film; less brash and more subtle and nuanced as we set off to send the Christians to the lions. It's too long at 6 x 1 hour; and by the end you migh...read the rest

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Status
Ended

Original Language
Italian

Original Name
Quo Vadis?

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