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This Wikipedia category page lists films featuring depictions of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Motivated by a desire to destroy the city, Nero secretly sent out men pretending to be drunk to set fire to the city. Nero watched from his palace on the Palatine Hill, singing and playing the lyre. [25] Nero openly sent out men to set fire to the city. Nero watched from the Tower of Maecenas on the Esquiline Hill while singing. [26]
"Meet Nero Wolfe is an above average minor A picture, a solid mystery, and unfailingly entertaining", reported Scarlet Street magazine in 2002 when it revisited the film. "No, at bottom, it's not Rex Stout's Nero and Archie, but it's a well-developed mystery (thanks to Stout's plot) with compensations all its own—and an interesting piece of ...
Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome. He divorces Acte, and forces the citizens to watch hour long recitals, and at one of these, accidentally kills his new pregnant wife, Poppaea Sabina .
Nero Wolfe is a television series adapted from Rex Stout's series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on A&E.Set in New York City sometime in the 1940s–1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin.
Nero and the Burning of Rome: 1953 directed by Primo Zeglio: The Silver Chalice: 1954 starring Paul Newman (dir. by Victor Saville) Nero's Mistress: 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Steno: The Ten Gladiators: 1963 Italian film directed by Gianfranco Parolini. Challenge of the Gladiator: 1965 Italian film directed by Domenico Paolella. Fire ...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935) Remember Last Night? (1935) The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935), first Ellery Queen film; The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) After the Thin Man (1936) The Case of the Black Cat (1936) The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) Charlie Chan at the Race ...
Nero, upon seeing Marcia, desires to withdraw his word, but a storm arises and Haracius carries Marcia to safety. Irked and a prey to ennui, Nero listens to Tullius and permits him to set fire to Rome to inspire Nero's muse. When the people discover what has happened, they cry out against Nero.