Drama History Romance
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
Directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
Sophia Loren
Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Bud Spencer
Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Deborah Kerr
Lygia
Christopher Lee
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Peter Ustinov
Nero
Louis Payne
Apostle (uncredited)
Nicholas Hannen
Seneca
Clelia Matania
Parmenida (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Patricia Laffan
Poppaea
Alberto Plebani
Steward (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Abraham Sofaer
Paul
Robin Hughes
Christ (voice) (uncredited)
John Ruddock
Chilo
Alfredo Varelli
Lucan
Felix Aylmer
Plautius
Norman Wooland
Nerva
Adrienne Corri
Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
Franco Fantasia
Man (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo
Pedicurist (uncredited)
Pietro Tordi
Galba
Leonardo Scavino
Man (uncredited)
Leo Genn
Petronius
Walter Pidgeon
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Finlay Currie
Peter
Nora Swinburne
Pomponia
Marina Berti
Eunice
Rosalie Crutchley
Acte
Richard Garrick
Slave (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Fisherman (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Ralph Truman
Tigellinus
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Phaon
Dario Michaelis
Lydia's Guard (uncredited)
Alfred Baillou
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
William Tubbs
Anaxander
Buddy Baer
Ursus
Harriet Medin
Woman (uncredited)
Paola Quattrini
Crying Girl (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
(uncredited)
Richard McNamara
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Peter Miles
Nazarius
Helena Makowska
Older Woman (uncredited)
Maria Zanoli
Woman (uncredited)
Anna Arena
Woman (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Headkeeper (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Apostle (uncredited)
Dino Galvani
Senator (uncredited)
John Myhers
Guard (uncredited)
Alfred Brown
Man (uncredited)
Geoffrey Dunn
Terpnos
Arthur Walge
Croton
Elspeth March
Miriam
Strelsa Brown
Rufia
Roberto Ottaviano
Flavius
Marika Aba
Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)
Adriano Ambrogi
Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Giacomo Barnas
Senator (uncredited)
John Binns
Officer (uncredited)
Francesca Biondi
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Carlo Borelli
Noble (uncredited)
Valentino Bruchi
Mirmillon (uncredited)
Dante Ciriaci
Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Frank Colson
Man (uncredited)
Luca Cortese
Old Man (uncredited)
David Craig
Little Boy (uncredited)
Daniel de Jonghe
Apostle (uncredited)
Liana Del Balzo
Woman (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio
Apostle (uncredited)
Cesare Fasulo
Noble (uncredited)
Enrico Formichi
Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)
John Fostini
Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Jack George
Fisherman (uncredited)
Carlo Ghisini
Guard (uncredited)
Trudy Glassford
Woman (uncredited)
Joan Griffiths
Woman (uncredited)
Adam Jennette
Man (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
Apostle (uncredited)
Gipsy Kiss
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Lee Kresel
Man (uncredited)
Richard Larke
Guard (uncredited)
Giovanni Lovatelli
Banquet Man (uncredited)
Anna Mancini
Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Fisherman (uncredited)
Vincent Neptune
Apostle (uncredited)
Anna Maria Padoan
Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Dino Raffaelli
Man (uncredited)
George Restivo
Apostle (uncredited)
Alessandro Serbaroli
Officer (uncredited)
Raffaele Tana
Man (uncredited)
William Taylor
Guard Captain / Marcus' Guard (uncredited)
Michael Tor
Centurian (uncredited)
Giuseppe Tosi
Wrestler (uncredited)
Carlo Tricoli
Apostle (uncredited)
Renato Valente
Guard (uncredited)
Scilla Vannucci
White Slave Girl (uncredited)
Giuseppe Varni
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Dianora Veiga
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar
Fisherman (uncredited)
Romilda Villani
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Aurel Milloss
Al Goodman
Jean Michon
Alfred Schneider

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