Quo Vadis? (1985)

Directed by

Franco Rossi

Genre

drama film

Country

West Germany, United Kingdom, France, Switzerland

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This television miniseries is an adaptation of Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel about a Roman military commander who falls in love with a Christian woman during the reign of Emperor Nero. It follows their relationship as political and religious tensions in ancient Rome escalate.

slow-burnsoberhistoricalearnestbrisk-pacedromanticseriousdramatic

What happens

Quo Vadis? is a 1985 international television miniseries made by Radiotelevisione Italiana, Antenne 2, Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft, Channel 4 Television, Televisión Española, and Televisione Svizzera Italiana. It was directed by Franco Rossi and produced by Elio Scardamaglia and Francesco Scardamaglia. The script by Ennio De Concini was based on the 1896 novel Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz. The series lasts six hours and was originally shown in six one-hour episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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