---
title: 'Quo Vadis (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mervyn LeRoy'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 171
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/quo-vadis-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043949/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Quo Vadis (1951)

1951 · 171 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Quo Vadis is a 1951 American religious epic historical film set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor Nero's reign, based on the 1896 novel of the same title by Polish Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and filmed in Technicolor, it was directed by Mervyn LeRoy from a screenplay by S. N. Behrman, Sonya Levien, and John Lee Mahin. It is the fourth screen adaptation of Sienkiewicz's novel. The film stars Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, and Peter Ustinov, and features Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Marina Berti, Buddy Baer, and Felix Aylmer. Future Italian stars Sophia Loren and Bud Spencer appeared as uncredited extras. The score is by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography by Robert Surtees and William V. Skall. The film was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on November 2, 1951.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mervyn LeRoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-leroy)
- **Screenplay:** [Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://cinepixo.com/people/henryk-sienkiewicz), [Sonya Levien](https://cinepixo.com/people/sonya-levien), [S. N. Behrman](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-n-behrman), [John Lee Mahin](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lee-mahin)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Sam Zimbalist](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-zimbalist)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert L. Surtees](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-surtees), [William V. Skall](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-v-skall)
- **Editor:** [Ralph E. Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-e-winters)

## Cast

- [Enzo Fiermonte](https://cinepixo.com/people/enzo-fiermonte)
- [Clelia Matania](https://cinepixo.com/people/clelia-matania) as Parmenida
- [Richard Garrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-garrick) as Public Slave
- [Elizabeth Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-taylor) as Christian prisoner
- [Peter Ustinov](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ustinov) as Nero
- [Alfred Baillou](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-baillou)
- [Adrienne Corri](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrienne-corri) as Christian girl
- [Abraham Sofaer](https://cinepixo.com/people/abraham-sofaer) as Paul the Apostle
- [Helena Makowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-makowska)
- [D. A. Clarke-Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-a-clarke-smith) as Phaon
- [Robin Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/robin-hughes) as Jesus Christ
- [Robert Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-taylor) as Marcus Vinicius
- [Anna Arena](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-arena)
- [Liana Del Balzo](https://cinepixo.com/people/liana-del-balzo)
- [Leo Genn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-genn) as Petronius

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/quo-vadis-1951
Film facts: Wikidata (Q938137); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.