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A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Top billed cast
Fredric MarchMarcus Superbus - Prefect of Rome
Elissa LandiMercia
Claudette ColbertEmpress Poppaea
Charles LaughtonEmperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Ian KeithTigellinus
Arthur HohlTitus
Harry BeresfordFavius Fontelas
Tommy ConlonStephan
Ferdinand GottschalkGlabrio
Vivian TobinDacia
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