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"people will believe any lie, if it is fantastic enough." - petronius (leo genn) what works: the production value in this is outstanding. by filming on the abandoned fascist propaganda film sets, they really made their budget go far. lavish costumes and set decoration, thousands upon thousands of extras for crowd scenes...the scale of this is immense. one of the few genuinely italian performers in the picture, marina berti is stunning and magnetic as eunice, the slave in love with her master. leo genn plays that master, in an oscar-nominated performance that is perhaps too much like a read
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it is all spectacle with no real substance. it is extremely preachy and horny at the same time, which is a weird mix. it really loves that the christians are the persecuted group and kinda savors that. there is also a weird theme of all the slave women being madly in love with their owners. robert taylor is a fairly bland leading man that fits better as the horrible asshole at the beginning than the semi-redeemed hero at the end. peter ustinov is playing nero as big as he can, but it absolutely works. he is captivating and infuriating and really props up the film whenever it is dragging too... read
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