Quo Vadis (1912)

19121h 43mdir. Enrico GuazzoniKingdom of Italysilent filmdrama film

With Amleto Novelli, Gustavo Serena, Lea Giunchi, Bruto Castellani, Carlo Cattaneo, Lia Orlandini, Augusto Mastripietri, Ida Carloni Talli

Directed by Enrico Guazzoni

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Quo Vadis is an Italian film directed by Enrico Guazzoni for Cines in 1913, based on the 1896 novel of the same name written by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was one of the first blockbusters in the history of cinema, with 5,000 extras, lavish sets, and a lengthy running time of two hours, setting the standard for "superspectacles" for decades to come.

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