When Rome Ruled (1914)
Nydia, an Early Christian girl seemingly singled out for exclusive persecution by the despotic empress of Rome. The empress' ire seems to have been aroused by the fact that her erstwhile sweetheart, handsome centurion Caius (a very young Ernest Truex) is in love with Nydia.
- Date of release
- 1914-08-20
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- George Fitzmaurice
Casting
- Nell Craig — Nydia (as Nelle Craig)
- Clifford Bruce — Caius
- Riley Hatch — Caius' Father
- Walter R. Seymour — Nydia's Father
- Rosita Marstini — Caius' Bride (as Countess de Merstina)
- A.H. Busby — Caius' Bride's Father
- Charles E. Bunnell — A High Priest of Jupiter
Interesting facts
When Rome Ruled is a 1914 American silent historical drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Nell Craig, Clifford Bruce and Riley Hatch. It was made at the American subsidiary of the French company Pathé, shortly to be relaunched as Pathé Exchange, at studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was an attempt to imitate the classical epics of Italian cinema, but made on a much lower budget. It marked the directorial debut of Fitzmaurice who emerged as a leading filmmaker during the 1920s.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Skin 2009 · ★ 6.4
- Lorelei 2020 · ★ 6.0
- Three Christs 2017 · ★ 6.7
- Mansfield Park 2007 · ★ 6.1
- Come Sunday 2018 · ★ 5.8
- Salomé 2013 · ★ 6.1
- Gracie 2007 · ★ 6.2
- Hands of Stone 2016 · ★ 6.6
- The Sound of Silence 2019 · ★ 5.9
- The Padre 2018 · ★ 5.9
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius 2004 · ★ 5.9
- Hardball 2001 · ★ 6.5