70 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During The 1st Century
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Demetrius and the Gladiators
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyIt begins where โ The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
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The Silver Chalice
๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1st CenturyI bid you seek the lost silver cup... for sin is rising like the swollen rivers... โ A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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Barabbas
๐จ๐พ Cyprus ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel The 1st CenturyThe story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was choosen to take his place.
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Quo Vadis
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyTHIS IS THE BIG ONE! The splendor and savagery of the world's wickedest empire! Three hours of spectacle you'll remember for a lifetime! โ Set against the back drop of Rome in crisis, General Marcus Vinicius returns to the city from the battle fields and falls in love with a Christian woman, Lygia. Caught in the grip of insanity, Nero's atrocities become more extreme and he burns Rome, laying the blame on the Christians. Vinicius races to save Lygia from the wrath of Nero as the empire of Rome collapses around them.
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The Affairs of Messalina
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyA story, set in Rome of 44 A.D., concerning the amorous and political intrigues of the evil Empress Messalina, the wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius, and her eventual hounding to death.
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The Last Days of Pompeii
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyIn Pompeii in the year 79, Lycias and Helen fall in love. Helen's guardian, the high priest of Isis, wants to separate them. To do so, he tries to make Lycias drink a love potion, but a young slave threatens to reveal everything. The high priest, unable to silence her, kills her and arranges to have Lycias accused...
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Fiddlers Three
England ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1940s The 1st CenturyTwo British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
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Life of St. Paul
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyThe Life of St. Paul, including reenactment of the Book of Acts, and St. Paul's Epistles.
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The Sign of the Cross
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyA picture which will proudly lead all the entertainments the world has ever seen โ After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. Two old Christians are caught, and about to be hauled off, when Marcus, the highest military official in Rome, comes upon them. When he sees their stepdaughter Mercia, he instantly falls in love with her and frees them. Marcus pursues Mercia, which gets him into trouble with Emperor (for being easy on Christians) and with the Empress, who loves him and is jealous.
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Nerone
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Boadicea
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyThe life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.
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Quo Vadis?
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyThe Roman Banquet The golden glories, the unrivaled luxuries, the wine, the dance, the song, the beautiful women, the sumptuous splendors that taxed a barbaric world for a night of feasting and revel- re-created for your entertainment in the most colossal drama produced. (Print Ad in Daily Argus, Mount Vernon NY, 6 June 1925)
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Messalina
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st Century"Messalina" (1924), the tale of that wicked and lustful empress who had a talent for causing problems.
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Woman
๐บ๐ธ United States of America ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1860s The 12th Century The 1st CenturyA series of stories reflecting the changing position of women in the world, including the familiar tales of Adam and Eve, Messalina and Claudius, Abelard and Heloise, Cyrene and the Fisherman, as well as that of a young girl and an officer in the American Civil War.
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1910s The 1st Century The 16th CenturyThe Cruel Hand of Intolerance โ The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
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The Sign of the Cross
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyIn 64 A.D., Marcus Superbus is Prefect of Rome. When the Emperor Nero decides to renew persecution of the Christians, Marcus opposes him, fearing for the safety of Mercia, the Christian woman whom he loves. Through the machinations of the Empress Poppaea and other women at court, Tigellinus, Nero's agent in the war against the Christians, convinces Nero to have Mercia arrested. Marcus appeals to the emperor for mercy, but is told that she can be saved only by renouncing Christianity. Waiting to enter the arena to be killed, Mercia steadfastly refuses to reject her religion, despite Marcus' pleas. Finally, Marcus is converted by her and they enter the arena to face death together.
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Quo Vadis?
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st Century"Quo Vadis?" was a landmark in early Italian historical epic films, and certainly Enrico Guazzoniโs grand scale masterpiece laid the foundations for what genuine colossal Italian spectacles should be. It had a great deal of influence on Giovanni Pastroneโs "Cabiria" (1914) and D.W. Griffithโs "Intolerance" (1916).
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The Last Days of Pompeii
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st Century79 AD. In the city of Pompeii the young Glaucus loves beautiful Jone, although he's courted by Giulia and secretly loved by his blind slave Nidia. One day Glaucus is wrongly accused of murder by a priest of Isis, Arbace, who wants to marry Jone and please Giulia. Glauco is condemned to be devoured by lions in the arena of the city, on that very day the erupting Vesuvius. Jone ovvero gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1913) was one of two major Italian productions of The Last Days of Pompeii done in 1913, and not to be confused by the more famous Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei (1913).
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Humanity Through the Ages
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyAn episodic narrative displaying examples of humankind's brutality, from the story of Cain and Abel through the Hague Convention of 1907.