Summary
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.
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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
Nicholas Hannen
Seneca
D.A. Clarke-Smith
Phaon
Rosalie Crutchley
Acte
Alfredo Varelli
Lucan
William Tubbs
Anaxander
Alfred Baillou
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
Hasta (2nd Praetorian) (uncredited)
Alfred Brown
Man (uncredited)
Adrienne Corri
Young Christian Girl (uncredited)
Lia Di Leo
Pedicurist (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia
Man (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Apostle (uncredited)
Enzo Fiermonte
Mounted Captain (uncredited)
Dino Galvani
Senator (uncredited)
Richard Garrick
Slave (uncredited)
Robin Hughes
Christ (voice) (uncredited)
Sophia Loren
Lygia's Slave (uncredited)
Helena Makowska
Older Woman (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Fisherman (uncredited)
Clelia Matania
Parmenida (uncredited)
Richard McNamara
Legionnaire (uncredited)
Harriet Medin
Woman (uncredited)
John Myhers
Guard (uncredited)
Louis Payne
Apostle (uncredited)
Walter Pidgeon
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Aldo Pini
Headkeeper (uncredited)
Alberto Plebani
Steward (uncredited)
Paola Quattrini
Crying Girl (uncredited)
Alfredo Rizzo
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Amerigo Santarelli
Guard Tying the Christians (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino
Man (uncredited)
Bud Spencer
Imperial Guard (uncredited)
Elizabeth Taylor
Christian Prisoner in Arena (uncredited)
Harry J. Vejar
Fisherman (uncredited)
Maria Zanoli
Woman (uncredited)
Christopher Lee
Chariot Driver (uncredited)