Quo vadis
(DVD)

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Christian women -- Rome -- Drama.
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Generals -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
Historical films.
Man-woman relationships -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
Nero, Emperor of Rome, 37-68 -- Drama.
Persecution -- Italy -- Rome -- Drama.
Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Drama.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2008].
Format
DVD
Edition
Two-disc special edition, fullscreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
ISBN
1419873547
UPC
883929026623

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
General Note
Special features: Disc one: Movie part one; commentary soundtrack by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney; original roadshow overture and exit music rejoined to the film ; trailers. Disc two: Movie part two; "In the beginning: Quo Vadis and the genesis of the Biblical epic" new featurette commentary soundtrack by critic/film historian F.X. Feeney.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Anthony Mann (uncredited) ; directors of photography, Robert Surtees, William V. Skall ; editor, Ralph E. Winters
Participants/Performers
Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov.
Description
Returning to Rome after 3 years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius meets and falls in love with the devout Christian, Lygia. She doesn't want to have anything to do with the warrior. Though Lygia grew up Roman, and as the adopted daughter of a retired general, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero to give her to him for services rendered. Lygia is not happy about this situation, but she falls in love with Marcus anyway. Meanwhile, Nero's atrocities get more outrageous. When he burns Rome and blames the Christians, Marcus goes off to save Lygia and her family. Nero captures them and all other Christians. He decides to make a sport of it by throwing them to the lions.
Target Audience
CHV rating: 14A.
System Details
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono. ; dual-layer ; digitally remastered.
Language
English or French soundtracks with French, Japanese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Behrman, S. N. 1., Genn, L., Kerr, D., LeRoy, M., Levien, S., Mahin, J. L., Mann, A., Sienkiewicz, H., Taylor, R., Ustinov, P., & Zimbalist, S. (2008). Quo vadis. (Two-disc special edition, fullscreen). Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

S. N. 1893-1973. Behrman et al.. 2008. Quo Vadis. Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

S. N. 1893-1973. Behrman et al.. Quo Vadis. Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Behrman, S. N. 1., Genn, L., Kerr, D., LeRoy, M., Levien, S., Mahin, J. L. and Mann, A. et al (2008). Quo vadis. Two-disc special edn, fullscreen Burbank, CA: Distributed by Warner Home Video.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Behrman, S. N. 1893-1973., et al. Quo Vadis. Two-disc special edition, fullscreen, Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2008.

Note: Citations contain only title, author, edition, and publisher. Only UCL Harvard citations contain the year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of May 2025.

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