Top Billed Cast

Martin Potter
Encolpio
Hiram Keller
Ascilto
Max Born
Gitone
Salvo Randone
Eumolpo
Mario Romagnoli
Trimalcione
Magali Noël
Fortunata
Capucine
Trifena
Fanfulla
Vernacchio
Gordon Mitchell
Il predone
George Eastman
Minotauro
Carlo Giordana
Il capitano
Donyale Luna
Enotea
Elisa Mainardi
Arianna
Marcella Di Falco
Proconsole
Tanya Lopert
L'imperatore
Hylette Adolphe
La schiavetta
Joseph Wheeler
Il suicida
Lucia Bosè
La matrona
Giuseppe Sanvitale
Abinna
Danika La Loggia
Scintilla
Alain Cuny
Lica
Richard Simmons
Orgy Musician
Eugenio Mastropietro
Liberto arricchito
Maria Mascarielli
Theather Group Woman (uncredited)
Dalia Zagni
(uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
(uncredited)
Genius
Catharina Dahlin
René Fiorentini
(uncredited)
Nadia Balabine
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alvaro Vitali
Imperatore nella rappresentazione
Mara Carisi
Stage Audience Member (uncredited)
Francesco Di Giacomo
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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Jun 27 2025

If you ever saw or read “Quo Vadis” then you will be familiar with the character of Gaius Petronius. He was one of the emperor Nero’s closest advisors and the credited author of this fantastic story of mythological excess. In this suitably outrageous Neroic drama, two close friends - “Ascito” (Hiram Keller) and “Encolpio” (Martin Potter) get into a strop about their ownership of their toy-boy “Gitone” (Max Born). Unable to reconcile, they determine to go their separate ways. The young lad chooses to go with the former man and so distraught, the latter considers suicide - but luckily an earthqua...