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Nero, or The Fall of Rome (1909)

14m

Running Time

Nero, or The Fall of Rome (1909)

Name: Nero, or The Fall of Rome
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1909-10-28

14m

Running Time

Plot.

Roman emperor Nero is used to getting what he wants. He has grown tired of his wife Octavia, and has become infatuated with Poppea. He succeeds in making Poppea the new empress, but soon he faces opposition from an outraged populace. Informed of the danger of an imminent popular uprising, Nero orders to set fire to the city, which he watches from a terrace, rejoicing and playing his lyra.

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Cast & Crew.

Alberto Capozzi

Nerone

Lydia De Roberti

Poppea

Luigi Maggi

Epafrodito / Director

Mirra Principi

Ottavia

Ercole Vaser

Spione

Ernesto Vaser

Senatore / Uomo del popolo

Serafino Vite

Uomo del popolo

Mario Voller-Buzzi

Leo Ragusi

Uomo del popolo

Paolo Azzurri

Senatore

Giovanni Vitrotti

Director of Photography

Arturo Ambrosio

Director / Producer

Arrigo Frusta

Screenplay

Decoroso Bonifanti

Art Direction

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 28, 1909

Original Name
Nerone, o la caduta di Roma

Status
Released

Running Time
14m

Genres
Drama History

Last updated: 2024-11-05

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Nero, or The Fall of Rome (Italian: Nerone, o la caduta di Roma) is a 1909 Italian short silent Epic film directed by Luigi Maggi and Arturo Ambrosio, based on the eponymous 1872 drama by Pietro Cossa. This is one of the oldest surviving Italian epic films about Ancient Rome.