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.
Cast
Robert Taylor
Marcus Vinicius
Deborah Kerr
Lygia
Leo Genn
Petronius
Peter Ustinov
Nero
Patricia Laffan
Poppaea
Finlay Currie
Peter
Abraham Sofaer
Paul
Marina Berti
Eunice
Buddy Baer
Ursus
Felix Aylmer
Plautius
Nora Swinburne
Pomponia
Ralph Truman
Tigellinus
Norman Wooland
Nerva
Peter Miles
Nazarius
Geoffrey Dunn
Terpnos
Nicholas Hannen
Seneca
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley
Acte
John Ruddock
Chilo
Arthur Walge
Croton
Elspeth March
Miriam
Strelsa Brown
Rufia
Alfredo Varelli
Lucan
Roberto Ottaviano
Flavius
William Tubbs
Anaxander
Pietro Tordi
Galba
Marika Aba
Dancer at Nero's Banquet (uncredited)
Adriano Ambrogi
Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Anna Arena
Woman (uncredited)
Alfred Baillou
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Giacomo Barnas
Senator (uncredited)
Scott R. Beal
Fisherman (uncredited)
John Binns
Officer (uncredited)
Francesca Biondi
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Carlo Borelli
Noble (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Alfred Brown
Man (uncredited)
Valentino Bruchi
Mirmillon (uncredited)
Dante Ciriaci
Wine Bibber (uncredited)
Frank Colson
Man (uncredited)
Adrienne Corri
Young Christian Girl (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)
Lia Di Leo
Pedicurist (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Man (uncredited)
Cesare Fasulo
Noble (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Apostle (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Enrico Formichi
Man with Wine Cup (uncredited)
John Fostini
Young Unbaptized Man (uncredited)
Dino Galvani
Senator (uncredited)
Richard Garrick
Slave (uncredited)
Jack George
Fisherman (uncredited)
Carlo Ghisini
Guard (uncredited)
Trudy Glassford
Woman (uncredited)
Joan Griffiths
Woman (uncredited)
Robin Hughes
Christ (voice) (uncredited)
Adam Jennette
Man (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer
Apostle (uncredited)
Gipsy Kiss
Slave Girl (uncredited)
Lee Kresel
Man (uncredited)
Richard Larke
Guard (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Giovanni Lovatelli
Banquet Man (uncredited)
Helena Makowska
Older Woman (uncredited)
Anna Mancini
Nubian Slave Girl (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Fisherman (uncredited)
Clelia Matania
Parmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamara
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet Medin
Woman (uncredited)
Dario Michaelis
Lydia's Guard (uncredited)
Ernesto Molinari
Fisherman (uncredited)
John Myhers
Guard (uncredited)
Vincent Neptune
Apostle (uncredited)
Anna Maria Padoan
Young Unbaptized Woman (uncredited)
Louis Payne
Apostle (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Headkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto Plebani
Steward (uncredited)
Paola Quattrini
Crying Girl (uncredited)
Dino Raffaelli
Man (uncredited)
George Restivo
Apostle (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino
Man (uncredited)
Alessandro Serbaroli
Officer (uncredited)
Bud Spencer
Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Raffaele Tana
Man (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Christian Prisoner in Arena (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)
Maria Zanoli
Woman (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
Chariot Driver (uncredited)
Filippo Spoletini
(uncredited)
Crew
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Sonya Levien
Screenplay
S. N. Behrman
Screenplay
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Novel
Ralph E. Winters
Editor
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
William V. Skall
Director of Photography
Anthony Mann
Second Assistant Director
Peter Bolton
Assistant Director
Sam Zimbalist
Producer
John Schmitz
Camera Operator
George Pink
Camera Operator
Arthur Lemming
Assistant Camera
Irene Howard
Casting
Mel Ballerino
Casting
Herschel McCoy
Costume Design
Joan Johnstone
Hair Designer
Sydney Guilaroff
Hair Designer
Charles E. Parker
Makeup Supervisor
Sergio Leone
Second Unit Director
Piero Cavazzuti
Assistant Sound Designer
Douglas Shearer
Sound Recordist
Robert B. Lee
Sound
George G. Schneider
Sound
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Tom Howard
Special Effects
Donald Jahraus
Special Effects
Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Hugh Gray
Lyricist, Additional Writing
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Elso Valentini
Set Decoration
Al Goodman
Set Designer
Italo Tomassi
Set Designer
Jean Michon
Stunts
Nuno Salvação Barreto
Stunts
Belita Pechtl Klant
Stunts
Alfred Schneider
Stunt Coordinator
Aurel Milloss
Choreographer
Marta Obolensky
Choreographer
Edward C. Carfagno
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
William A. Horning
Art Direction
Eugene Zador
Orchestrator
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