Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Cast: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan
Producer: Irene Howard, Miklós Rózsa, Mervyn LeRoy, William A. Horning, Cedric Gibbons
IMDb Score: 6.9/10 by 188 users
Runtime: 171 minutes
Released: 11/8/1951