After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
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DIRECTOR
Mervyn LeRoy
SCREENPLAY
John Lee Mahin
S. N. Behrman
Sonya Levien
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Robert Surtees
William V. Skall
EDITOR
Ralph E. Winters
ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER
Miklós Rózsa
PRODUCER
Sam Zimbalist
ADDITIONAL WRITING
Hugh Gray
ART DIRECTION
Cedric Gibbons
Edward C. Carfagno
William A. Horning
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Arthur Lemming
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Peter Bolton
ASSISTANT SOUND DESIGNER
Piero Cavazzuti
CAMERA OPERATOR
George Pink
John Schmitz
CASTING
Irene Howard
Mel Ballerino
CHOREOGRAPHER
Aurel Milloss
Marta Obolensky
COSTUME DESIGN
Herschel McCoy
HAIR DESIGNER
Joan Johnstone
Sydney Guilaroff
LYRICIST
Hugh Gray
MAKEUP SUPERVISOR
Charles E. Parker
NOVEL
Henryk Sienkiewicz
ORCHESTRATOR
Eugene Zador
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Anthony Mann
SECOND UNIT DIRECTOR
Sergio Leone
SET DECORATION
Elso Valentini
Hugh Hunt
SET DESIGNER
Al Goodman
Italo Tomassi
SOUND
George G. Schneider
Robert B. Lee
SOUND RECORDIST
Douglas Shearer
SPECIAL EFFECTS
A. Arnold Gillespie
Donald Jahraus
Tom Howard
STUNT COORDINATOR
Alfred Schneider
STUNTS
Belita Pechtl Klant
Jean Michon
Nuno Salvação Barreto
Academy Awards
1952Nominee: Best Costume Design, Color
Nominee: Best Original Dramatic Or Comedy Score
Nominee: Best Supporting Actor
Nominee: Best Film Editing
Nominee: Best Cinematography, Color
Nominee: Best Art Direction, Color
Nominee: Best Picture
National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films
1951Winner: National Board Of Review: Top Ten Films