A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Fredric March
Marcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa Landi
Mercia
Claudette Colbert
Empress Poppaea
Charles Laughton
Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian Keith
Tigellinus
Arthur Hohl
Titus
Harry Beresford
Favius Fontelas
Tommy Conlon
Stephan
Ferdinand Gottschalk
Glabrio
Vivian Tobin
Dacia
William V. Mong
Licinius
Joyzelle Joyner
Ancaria
Richard Alexander
Viturius
Nat Pendleton
Strabo
Clarence Burton
Servillius
Harold Healy
Tybul
Robert Seiter
Philodemus
Charles Middleton
Tyros
Henry Brandon
Colosseum Spectator (uncredited)
John Carradine
Christian Martyr / Gladiator Leader / Voice in Coliseum Mob (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
Christian on Stairway (uncredited)
Sally Rand
Crocodiles' Victim (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Chaplain Costello (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Tom Tully
Hoboken (1944 Re-Release Prologue) (uncredited)
Lionel Belmore
Bettor of 300 Silver
Ynez Seabury
Little Girl
Cecil B. DeMille
Director, Producer
May 12, 2026
Aug 14, 1979
Feb 12, 2005
Sep 21, 2011
Dec 15, 1960
Feb 21, 1936
Invalid Date
Sep 4, 2025
Jun 16, 1954
Mar 24, 1964
Sep 16, 1953
Dec 7, 2023
Jun 1, 2012
Oct 1, 2013
Sep 19, 1956
Sep 27, 1941
Paramount Pictures
US
United States
English