Category:Ursus--cinema (subject)

Works of cinema related to Ursus

<Fiction : Ursus (literature) -- Ursus (music) -- Ursus (art)>

Overview

Ursus, a minor character in Quo Vadis?, has enjoyed an extraordinary success in the movies. Already in the 1920s there were several spin-offs with Ursus as protagonist.

In the 1960s, Ursus took a life of his own as protagonist of a series of 9 "peplum" movies, which projected the character out of his original setting.

Performing Ursus (cinema & television)

From 1912 to 1924 Bruto Castellani was Ursus in the two major cinematic versions of Quo Vadis? and several spin-off movies.

The Ursus saga of the 1960s is associated with American actor Ed Fury even though he was the protagonist of only 3 of the 9 films of the series.

Radomir Kovacevic and Rafal Kubacki are the interpreters of Ursus in the two most recent productions of "Quo Vadis?".

Year	Ursus	Cinema / Television	Country
1901	???	Quo Vadis? (1901 Zecca, Nonguet), short film	France
1910	???	Au temps des premiers chrétiens (In the Time of the First Christians / 1910 Calmettes), short film	France
1910	???	Dall'amore al martirio (From Love To Martyrdom / 1910 Cines), short film	Italy
1912	Bruto Castellani	Kri Kri e il 'Quo vadis?' (1912 Cines), short film	Italy
1913	Bruto Castellani	(++) Quo Vadis? (1913 Guazzoni), feature film	Italy
1914	John Steppling	When Ursus Threw the Bull (1914 Christie), short film	USA
1919	Bruto Castellani	Il toro selvaggio (1919 Zaccaria), feature film	Italy
1922	Bruto Castellani	Ursus (1922 Vanzi), feature film	Italy
1924	Bruto Castellani	Quo Vadis? (1924 D'Annunzio, Jacoby), feature film	Italy-Germany
1951	Buddy Baer	(++) Quo Vadis (1951 LeRoy), feature film	USA
1961	Ed Fury	Ursus (1961 Campogalliani), feature film	Italy
1961	Samson Burke	La vendetta di Ursus (The Vengeance of Ursus / 1961 Capuano), feature film	Italy
1961	Ed Fury	Ursus nella valle dei leoni (Valley of the Lions / 1961 Bragaglia), feature film	Italy
1961	Joe Robinson	Ursus e la ragazza tartara (Tartar Invasion / 1961 Del Grosso), feature film	Italy
1962	Dan Vadis	Ursus, il gladiatore ribelle (The Rebel Gladiators / 1962 Paolella), feature film	Italy
1963	Ed Fury	Ursus nella terra di fuoco (Ursus in the Land of Fire / 1963 Simonelli), feature film	Italy
1964	Reg Park	Ursus, il terrore dei kirghisi (Hercules, Prisoner of Evil / 1964 Margheriti), feature film	Italy
1964	Yann Larvor	Ercole, Sansone, Maciste e Ursus gli invincibili (Samson and the Mighty Challenge / 1964 Capitani), feature film	Italy
1964	Sergio Ciani	Gli invincibili tre (The Three Avengers / 1964 Parolini), feature film	Italy
1985	Radomir Kovacevic	Quo Vadis? (1985 Rossi), TV mini-series	Italy
2001	Rafal Kubacki	Quo Vadis? (2001 Kawalerowicz), feature film	Poland