Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. The final days of Paul the Apostle are the subject of the new movie “Paul, Apostle of Christ,” written and directed by … Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann. so). You must confirm that you are 15 years or over to view this video. Taking 2021 by storm, Carlo Whale delivers his second single of the new year with the release of 'Mar Nero'. Nero didn’t just kill nameless Christians—he executed Peter, one of Jesus’s disciples. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. The Emperor Caligula is also altered. Paul, Apostle of Christ - Movie Night. 5) is the first to mention the death of Paul, and seems to imply, though he does not directly state, that his death took place in Rome during the persecution of Nero. Jerome bears the same testimony, saying that " Paul Tms dismissed by Nero, that he might preach Christ's Gospel in the West (Hieron. Haunted by the shadows of his past misdeeds, Paul wonders if he's been forgotten as he awaits his grisly execution. First, Nero was the Caesar to whom Paul appealed when he was unjustly accused by the Jews and falsely imprisoned (cf. Fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia and begins questioning the tyrannical leadership of the despot Emperor Nero. The film's budget was around €800,000. And let's just say that the influence of the Jews was as massive as Seneca implies it was. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. When he is finally confronted by the lunatic Nero it becomes clear why God would choose such a man to carry his message. So Chrysostom says, that "St. Paul, after his residence in Rome, departed to Spain" (Chrysost. Behrman, and Sonya Levien, adapted from the novel Quo Vadis (1896) by the Polish Nobel Laureate author Henryk Sienkiewicz. Historically, he was killed in a cryptoporticus underneath a palatine theater by praetorian guards led by Cassius Chaerea, Marcus Vinicius, and Lucius Annius Vinicianus. The movie in many ways tries to show Nero as a good soul gone mad, beginning as a brilliant young prince enduring injustice, then hailed enthusiastically at the beginning of his reign, implementing much-needed reforms and enjoying immense popularity. The film also omits Nero's other reported attempts to kill his mother Agrippina the Younger, first by poisoning. "Paul & Nero" takes this little known event and reveals to a modern audience both the depravity of the Roman Empire and the volatile nature of St Paul himself. 6. But let's just say for the moment that Nero did rule in favor of Paul and against the Jerusalem authority. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome. Plot. The fourth attempt, in which a soldier killed her on the spot, is shown in the movie as Agrippina walks toward the soldier and tells him, "Strike the womb that bore him". When he is finally confronted by the lunatic Nero it becomes clear why God would choose such a man to carry his message. After Caligula and Claudius, he was the 3rd pagan Pontiff to persecute the believers in the Messiah. This movie pieces together the events alluded to in Acts and in Paul's letters: Paul's trial before Nero. Nero captured and crucified Peter—and, according to the popular story, hung him upside down. In the film, Caligula is lured to a brothel by his attendants, where he is assassinated. Paul gets the award for writing the biggest chunk of the Bible in the shortest period of time. After the great fire that burnt a great part of the city, Emperor Nero points Paul, Jesus' apostle, as guilty of the fire, arresting him and taking him to Mamertine Prison. With Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov. Rome, 67 A.D.: Christian persecution under Emperor Nero was at it's apex, and Paul (James Faulkner) one of the most influential advocates of Christ's teachings, languished in Mamertine prison awaiting execution.