Quo Vadis?
(1924) Italy/Germany
B&W : [?] Eleven? reels / 10,853 feet
Directed by Gabriellino D’Annunzio and Georg Jacoby
Cast: Emil Jannings [Nerone], Andrea Habay [Petronius], Bruto Castellani [Ursus], Lilian Hall-Davis [Licia], Elena Di Sangro (Elena Sangro) [Poppea], Rina De Liquoro [Eunica], Elga Brink [Domittila], Alfons Fryland [Vinicius], Raimondo Van Riel [Tigellinus], Gino Viotti [Chilonides], Lido Manetti [una guardia], Marcella Sabbatini [una bimba], Gildo Bocci, Lucia Zanussi
Unione Cinematografica Italiana production; distributed by Unione Cinematografica Italiana [UCI]. / Produced by Arturo Ambrosio. Scenario by Gabriellino D’Annunzio and Georg Jacoby, from the novel Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Set design by R. Ferro and G. Spellani. Costume design by Armando Brasini. Cinematography by Alfredo Donelli, Giovanni Vitrotti and Curt Courant. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA in nine reels (at 8946 feet) by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 22 February 1925; the film premiered 15 February 1925 in New York, New York. The film was released in Finland on 8 March 1925.
Drama: Historical.
Survival status: Print exists [incomplete].
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Italy]; Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung [Germany]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: People: Nero
Listing updated: 13 January 2011.
References: Bardèche-History p. 198; Everson-American p. 317; FilmYearBook-1926 p. 51; Lahue-Collecting p. 30; Sinyard-Silent p. 138; Smith-Epic pp. xvi, 258 : Website-IMDb.
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