Johannes in retroland

This cinematic spectacle was released in both a national and an international version. The film stars internationally renowned actors such as the German Emil Jannings (Nero), the British Lilian Hall-Davis (Licia) and the Italian Elena Sangro (Popea). The aim was to live up to the success of the first 1912 screen version. Nevertheless, despite all these efforts, the audiences remained at large and instead of causing a revival of the Italian film industry, this film marked the end of the ´historical costume drama´ genre.