Storyline
Returning to Rome after three years in the field, General Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) meets Lygia (Deborah Kerr) and falls in love with her, though as a Christian, she wants nothing to do with a warrior. Though she grew up Roman, the adopted daughter of a retired General, Lygia is technically a hostage of Rome. Marcus gets Emperor Nero (Sir Peter Ustinov) to give her to him for services rendered, but finds himself succumbing gradually to her Christian faith.
這是一部經典老片。故事的主角是出了名的暴君尼祿的「暴」行。不過本片的主敘觀點卻是羅馬鬥士馬可士維尼奇斯和萊琪雅的愛情開始。這段愛情故事是用來與尼祿的暴行做對比的。
本片最精彩的一幕,就是尼祿把餓極的獅子放到羅馬競技場裡,讓人獸做赤膊戰。
而在最後一幕裡歷史上的暴君尼祿,可以為了自己放垂不朽的聲名,為了吟遊詩人做出好詩作歌誦他的功德,而把羅馬城放一把火燒了!當他放火燒自己的城,而一如天懲般,火山爆發,將這座城給埋了。這正是考古史上最重要的一座城──龐貝城。
最後一個鏡頭,一名倖存者,正好是以前尼祿最不屑的對象,他站在高處,看著龐貝城往下沈……
Quo.Vadis.1951.1080p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv
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