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Quo vadis? (1901)

Quo vadis? poster
Original title
Quo Vadis?
Directed by
Ferdinand Zecca
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a very short silent film from 1901 based on a famous novel about ancient Rome. It shows a key scene of Christians facing persecution and a Roman leader's change of heart.

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What happens

Quo vadis ? est un film muet français de court métrage réalisé par Lucien Nonguet et Ferdinand Zecca, sorti en 1901. Produit par Pathé Frères, ce court métrage est la première « adaptation » du roman éponyme de Henryk Sienkiewicz, qui valut à son auteur le prix Nobel de littérature en 1905. Le film ne dure que trois minutes environ. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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