Quo Vadis? (1924 D'Annunzio, Jacoby), feature film

Quo Vadis? <Italian-German> (1924) is a feature film (silent, B&W, 90m), directed by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby.

~ Screenplay by Gabriellino D'Annunzio and Georg Jacoby, based on Quo Vadis? (1895 Sienkiewicz), novel

Abstract

Fifth silent version of Sienkiewicz's novel. The grandioso production, starring Emil Jannings as Nero, with a cast of 20,000 extras, was the major attempt in early Fascist Italy to recapture the success of the historical epics of the previous decade. Emil Jannings' performance received indeed some praise, but as a whole the movie was a critical and commercial failure.

Cast

• Emil Jannings = Nero
• Elena Sangro = Poppea
• Alphons Fryland = Marcus Vinicius
• Lillian Hall-Davis = Lygia (Licia)
• Bruto Castellani = Ursus
• Andrea Habay = Petronius
• Raimondo Van Riel = Tigellinus

Production

Produced by Unione Cinematografica Italiana in Italy (1924). Premiered in Austria (1924)

International release includes the United States (New York, NY: 15 February 1925), Finland (8 March 1925), and Italy (Rome: 16 March 1925).

External links

• Wiki.en
• The Internet Movie Database