Plot
Drama about love and intrigues in ancient Rome during the times of Nero.
Cast
Klaus Maria Brandauer
as Nero
Frederic Forrest
as Petronius
Cristina Raines
as Poppaea
Francesco Quinn
as Marcus Vinicius
Barbara De Rossi
as Eunice
Marie-Theres Relin
as Lygia
Massimo Girotti
as Aulus Plautius
Françoise Fabian
as Pomponia
Max von Sydow
as Petrus
Gabriele Ferzetti
as Pisone
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Reviews
This mini-series certainly lacks much of the pomp and splendour of the more acclaimed 1951 version but it isn't at all bad. Klaus Maria Brandauer portrays the Emperor Nero as more of a disillusioned actor than a tyrannical maniac with Frederic Forrest dominating as his artistic mentor trying to keep the wayward emperor from losing the plot completely. It hadn't the budget, so ends up as a much mo…