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Overview

Since 1896, Nero has been the protagonist in numerous films. When the first movies were produced, Nero was already a well-established character in fiction and the recent and enormous success of the novel Quo Vadis (1895) and the play The Sign of the Cross (1896) only strengthened his association with Christian Origins. The first shorts focused on some episodes from the life of Nero taken either from classical sources or from the "Quo Vadis" narrative. Guazzoni's production of "Quo Vadis" (1913) amazed international audiences as one of the first feature films and launched Nero as a leading character in international cinema. While the 1925 Quo Vadis gy Gabriellino D'Annunzio did not live up to the expectations, The Sign of the Cross (1932) by Cecil B. DeMile was another smashing success, with its shocking combination of sex-violence-religion. Twenty years later the Quo Vadis (1951) by Melvyn LeRoy would reach the same international acclaim. Two other major productions of Quo Vadis would follow, in 1985 and 2001.

Besides the cruel villain, there has always been his caricature in Italian cinema, since the 1910s with two shorts produced by Cines. Other spoofs were made in the 1930s, 1950s and 1970s.

Only in 2004 the mini-series Imperium: Nero tried for the first time to give a different portrait of Nero, by describing him as an idealist and generous youth, gradually forced into a spiral of violence and corruption.

Performing Nero (cinema & television)

The best actors have been called to play the demanding role of Nero, as that of a schizophrenic maniac, drunk with power. Charles Laughton in 1932 and Peter Ustinov in 1951 gave the two most memorable performances. Other famous actors left their mark, from Emil Jannings in 1925 to Klaus Maria Brandauer in 1985.

In Italian cinema, there is also a long traditions of spoofs of the character by popular comedians. In the 1910s two short comedies were produced by Cines with Ferdinand Guillaume (Tontolini) in 1910 and Raymond Dandy (Kri-Kri) in 1912. Then in 1930 came Ettore Petrolini, whose Nerone caricature was widely perceived as a parody of Mussolini. After WW2 Alberto Sordi in 1956 and Pippo Franco in 1976 offered two further examples of this tradition.

1890s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1896 -- Neron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves (Nero Trying Poisons on Slaves / 1896 Hatot), short film France

1900s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1901 -- Quo Vadis? (1901 Zecca, Nonguet), short film France
1904 James Haggar The Sign of the Cross (1904 Haggar), short film United Kingdom
1907 -- Kejser Nero paa krigsstien (Emperor Nero on the Warpath / 1907 Larsen), short film Denmark (Danimarca 1907)Regia: Viggo Larsen Produzione: Nordisk Film
1901 -- Néron et Locuste essayant leurs poisons sur les esclaves (1907 Méliès), short film France -- (Francia 1907) La civilisation à travers les ages III: - An 65de notre ère Regia: Georges Méliès Produzione: Star Film
1908 -- Nero and the Burning of Rome (1908 Porter), short film United States
1909 Alberto A. Capozzi Nerone (Nero / 1909 Maggi), short film Italy

1910s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1910 -- Au temps des premiers chrétiens (In the Time of the First Christians / 1910 Calmettes), short film
1910 -- Dall'amore al martirio (From Love To Martyrdom / 1910 Cines), short film
1910 Ferdinand Guillaume Tontolini Nerone (Tontolini as Nero / 1910 Cines), short film
1911 -- Le fils de Locuste (1911 Feuillade), short film -- (Francia 1911)Regia: Louis Feuillade Cast: Renée Carl ( Locusta), Luitz-Morat( Il figlio), Paul Manson ( Nerone) Produzione: Gaumont Durata: 18’
1911 -- Poppea ed Ottavia (1911 Latium), short film -- (Italia 1911)Produzione: Latium FilmDurata: 20’
1912 Raymond Dandy Kri Kri e il 'Quo vadis?' (Kri Kri and the 'Quo vadis?' / 1912 Cines), short film
1912 Raymond Lyon Androclès (Androcles and the Lion / 1912 Feuillade), short film
1912 Jean Hervé Britannicus (1912 Morlhon), short film -- (Francia 1912) Regia: Camille de Morlhon Cast: Jean Hervé ( Nerone), Romuald Joubé ( Britannico),JeanneGrumbach (Agrippina -- Produzione: Pathé
1913 P.W. Nares The Daughter of the Hills (1913 Dawley), short film
1914 Carlo Cattaneo (++) Quo Vadis? (1913 Guazzoni), feature film
1914 Sheridan Block The Sign of the Cross (1914 Thomson), feature film
1914 Vittorio Rossi Pianelli Nerone e Agrippina (1914 Caserini), feature film
1918 John Stepplin Restitution (1918 Gaye), feature film

1920s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1922 Jacques Grétillat Nero (1922 Edwards), feature film
1925 William Irving Nero (1925 Watson), film
1922 Emil Jannings Quo Vadis? (1925 D'Annunzio, Jacoby), film

1930s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1930 Ettore Petrolini Nerone (Nero / 1930 Blasetti), feature film
1932 Charles Laughton (++) The Sign of the Cross (1932 DeMille), feature film
1934 Vernon Dent Good Morning, Eve! (1934 Mack), short musical film
1938 George Hayes Life of St. Paul (1938 Walker), feature film

1950s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1951 Peter Ustinov (++) Quo Vadis (1951 LeRoy), feature film
1951 Gino Cervi O.K. Nerone (O.K. Nero / 1951 Soldati), feature film Italy
1953 Gino Cervi Nerone e Messalina (1953 Zeglio), feature film Italy
1954 Jacques Aubuchon The Silver Chalice (1954 Saville), feature film
1956 Alberto Sordi Mio figlio Nerone (Nero's Mistress / 1956 Steno), feature film Italy
1957 Peter Lorre The Story of Mankind (1957 Allen), feature film United States (USA 1957)Regia: Irwin AllenSceneggiatura: Irwin AlleneCharles BennettCast: Ronald Colman ( Lo Spiritodell’Uomo), Vincent Price (Belzebù),Peter Lorre (Nerone -- )Produzione: Cambridge Productions Inc.Durata: 100

1960s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1961 Ivan Triesault (+) Barabbas (1961 Fleischer), feature film
1964 Giancarlo Cobelli Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa (1964 Mida), short film
1965 Vladimir Medar L'incendio di Roma (Fire Over Rome / 1965 Malatesta), film
1965 Derek Francis The Romans (1965 Malatesta), TV mini-serie

1970s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1970 Giancarlo Badessi Satiricosissimo (1970 Laurenti), feature film
1971 Patrick Cargill Up Pompeii (1971 Kellett), feature film
1972 Vittorio Caprioli Poppea, una prostituta al servizio dell’Impero (Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor / 1972 Brescia), feature film
1976 Pippo Franco Nerone (Nero / 1976 Castellacci, Pingitore), feature film
1976 Christopher Biggins I, Claudius (1976 Wise), film

1980s Nero Cinema Country Notes
1981 Julian Fellowes Peter and Paul (1981 Day), TV mini-series
1982 Piotr Stanislas Nerone e Poppea (1982 Mattei), feature film
1985 Anthony Andrews A.D. - Anno Domini (1985 Cooper), TV mini-series
1985 Klaus Maria Brandauer Quo Vadis? (1985 Rossi), TV mini-series

2000s Nero Cinema Country Notes
2001 Michal Bajor Quo Vadis? (2001 Kawalerowicz), feature film Poland
2003 Andrew Lee Potts Boudica, Warrior Queen (2003 Anderson), feature film
2004 Hans Matheson / James Bentley (Young Nero) Imperium: Nero (2004 Marcus), feature film
2006 Michael Sheen Ancient Rome: Nero (2006 Murphy), TV film United Kingdom
2007 Chris Jennings Anno Domini (2007 Stone), TV short film United Kingdom

2010s Nero Cinema Country Notes
2010 Stephen Baldwin The Apostle Peter: Redemption (2016 Bristow), feature film Canada

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