Hristiyanlığın ilk zamanlarında ve imparator Neron döneminde geçer.Romalı asker Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor) güzel Lygia(Deborah Kerr)'ya aşık olur ancak aşkına karşılık alamaz. Bir süre sonra sevdiği kadının Hristiyan olduğunu ve Roma'nın yakıldığını öğrenince onu kurtarmak için Romaya geri döner. Neron döneminde Hristiyanların gördüğü zulmü anlatan film 8 dalda Oscara aday gösterilmiştir.
Elçi Pavlus'un hikayesini anlatan filmde Pavlus'u James Faulkner ve Luka'yı Jim Caviezel canlandırmıştır. Aziz Pavlus ya da Tarsuslu Pavlus, Pavlik Kiliselerin kurucusu Hristiyan misyoner. Miladi birinci asırda yaşamış Roma vatandaşı Farisi Yahudilerindendir. Asıl adı Saul’dur. Luka'nın kaleme aldığı İncil'de önemli bir yere sahiptir. Film Hz İsa'nın elçisi olan Pavlus'un hayatını anlatıyor Film zor ve zaman zaman boğduğu anlarla dolu.Kesinlikle herkesin izleyebileceği bir film değil ama filmin konusu ilginizi çekiyorsa ve merak ediyorsanız belki izlenebilir. Birde şunu eklemek isterim o dönemleri çok iyi yansıtmışlar...
Mel Brooks'un kahkahadan kırıp geçiren tarzı ile, dünyanın varoluşundan bu yana meydana gelen olayların gerçekte nasıl olduğuna bu muhteşem filmde tanık olacaksınız! Mel ve ekibinin bu mükemmel komedisinde, 2001: A Space Odyssey filminin unutulmaz sahnelerinden, Roma İmparatorluğu'nun ardındaki gerçeklere (Brooks'un Ceaser'ın sarayında komedyen bir filozofu canlandırdığı), Fransız İhtilalinden (Brooks'un Kral XVI. Louis olarak hüküm sürdüğü) İspanyol Engizisyonu'na kadar (gösterişli şarkılar ve danslarla birlikte rahipler ve su balesi yapan rahibeler) kahkaha dolu dakikalar sizleri bekliyor.
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Ancient Rome, during the time of Emperor Nero. Vinicius, a young patrician, falls in love with the beautiful Lygia, the daughter of a Barbarian commander who was killed in battle, and wants her for his concubine. For Lygia, a Christian, being a pagan's concubine is a severe sin and disgrace. However, when Vinicius is wounded, Lygia cares for him, and starts to reciprocate his feelings. Vinicius, in return, becomes interested in Christian learning and asks Apostle Peter to teach him. In the meantime, Emperor Nero accuses Christians of having started a great fire in Rome. He encourages the imprisonment, torture and murder of his Christian subjects.
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
Taşlamalarla dolu bu komedide şaşkın Roma İmparatoru Nero'nun göz korkutucu annesi beklenmedik şekilde ziyarete gelince ortam düşmanca bir hâl alır.
A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.
During the latter years of the reign of the tyrannical Roman emperor Nero, Marcus Vinicius, one of Nero's officers, falls in love with a young Christian named Lygia, attempting to enslave her. Lygia's protector, the noble and burly Ursus, works to save her from Vinicius' clutches. Pursuing Lygia, Vinicius finds himself at a catacomb prayer meeting led by the apostle Peter and finds his conscience stirring-- just as Nero orders Rome burned. A landmark in epic film, Enrico Guazzoni’s grand-scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what colossal Italian spectacles would become. The film had tremendous influence on Giovanni Pastrone’s Cabiria (1914) and D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance (1916).
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
As the Roman Empire slowly declines, Caesar Nero indulges himself in every known debauchery, including incest with his mother.
Pushed by his mother Agrippina, Neron seized power at the expense of Britannicus. His poetry makes him commit numerous crimes. He will die stabbed after having killed his wife, his mother, his advisers, his wife's lovers, and an incredible number of Christians ...
Love conquers all – ruthlessly and irresistibly – as Emperor Nero and his mistress Poppea remove the obstacles to their union. At Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu David Alden’s visually sumptuous production, with its suggestions of a giant game of chess, puts the opera’s potent blend of sex and politics in a context that sets ancient against modern– just as the action juxtaposes scurrilous comedy and stark drama. Monteverdi’s magnificent score, meanwhile, accommodates intrigue, wit, nobility, tragedy and sensuality, and, led by the intense Sarah Connolly and the delectable Miah Persson, the cast brings both drama and music startlingly to life.