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| Quo Vadis (Franco Rossi) [1985] [1951] | ![Quo Vadis (Franco Rossi) [1985] [1951]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j0cLSF3PL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Franco Rossi
Actor: Klaus Maria Brandauer; Max Von Sydow; Frederic Forrest
Studio: Liberation Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 11750
Format: Pal
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: DVD
Running Time: 360 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
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Release Date: August 6, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
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 Worth a watch November 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The 1985 version of Quo Vadis has nothing to do with the superb 1951 version with ustinof but still worth a watch.br / 1985 saw the release of another great epic mini series which is considered to be the unofficial sequel to jesus of nazareth and i'm talking about the A.D. ANNO DOMINI superb mini series which is the only great historical mini series which deals about ancient rome and never saw the light of a dvd release yet.br / So far all other great "roman" mini series saw the light of a dvd release (jesus of nazareth, masada, I claudius, Quo Vadis, The last days of pompeii (yes the 1984 version)) and now it's the time for anno domini to be released.br / I Admit this version of Quo vadis that i'm writing this review is a little bit tiresome and boring but still for the roman empire fans it deserves to be bought at this price.
 Not the film version. July 28, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Beware! This is not the 1951 long-awaited-on-DVD epic film with Peter Ustinov (flamboyantly barmy as Nero!), Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor and Leo Genn (wonderful as Petronius). No, this is a sad little series which fails on most fronts. Not enough glory or lions. Save your money for the real thing when it comes out.
Meandering and aimless but not entirely without interest June 14, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Franco Rossi's 1985 six-hour Italian mini-series of Quo Vadis is a very curious beast, creating an absolutely convincing ancient Roman world shot in matter of fact fashion (very few long shots, no big cityscapes), but playing the drama down so much in favour of allusions to classical literature and history that the story constantly gets lost in the background. br /br /The shifting structure (much of episode one is played out via voice over letters) and lack of narrative urgency makes the full six-hour version simultaneously demanding and undemanding, and certainly far too often uninvolving, but it has something going for it. The two main strengths are the characterisation of Petronius (a thankfully dubbed Frederic Forrest, whose own voice would almost certainly flatten his dialogue) as a man whose spent so long looking for an astute angle to survive court life that he's become incapable of experiencing emotion, and Klaus Maria Brandauer's unique take on Nero as a wannabe actor whose every move and action is calculated on how his 'audience' will receive it. Elsewhere, Max Von Sydow briefly appears in a few episodes, being rewarded with the show's most impressive and genuinely moving scene here he encounters a child as he attempts to leave Rome. It's the kind of thing the show could do with more of, but it seems all too often to flatten every potentially emotional, inspiring or exciting moment under it's relentlessly low-key direction. br /br /Unfortunately Francesco Quinn makes a staggeringly anonymous hero, blending in with the walls and coming over less as a Roman officer than that quiet, slightly gormless but inoffensive guy who works in the same office as you who never says much at office parties - you know, the one who you think is called Dave or something like that. The budgetary limitations are very visible once its Meet the Lions time for the Christians and Ursus battle with the bull is so determinedly low key that it just passes over you before the show just abruptly loses interest and suddenly ends. br /br /Not a trip I can particularly recommend, I'm afraid, but if you do embark on it it's one not entirely without its small rewards.
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