Bruto Castellani in Quo vadis (1913)
Italian postcard for the Italian silent epic Quo vadis? (Enrico Guazzoni, Cines 1913). Chilon (Augusto Mastripietri) sweettalks to Ursus (Bruto Castellani) to find out where Lygia is hidden. Caption: Chilon talks to Ursus about the traitors of the Christians. [Ursus:} Go to the Christians, go to their godhouses and ask for the brothers of Glaucus.
Italian Bruto Castellani (1881-1933) was the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the silent era. Twice he starred as the good giant Ursus in Quo vadis? (1913) and its remake of 1924. His character spurred a series of action movies, in which e.g. his action of conquering a wild bull in Quo vadis? was repeated.
Bruto Castellani in Quo vadis (1913)
Italian postcard for the Italian silent epic Quo vadis? (Enrico Guazzoni, Cines 1913). Chilon (Augusto Mastripietri) sweettalks to Ursus (Bruto Castellani) to find out where Lygia is hidden. Caption: Chilon talks to Ursus about the traitors of the Christians. [Ursus:} Go to the Christians, go to their godhouses and ask for the brothers of Glaucus.
Italian Bruto Castellani (1881-1933) was the Arnold Schwarzenegger of the silent era. Twice he starred as the good giant Ursus in Quo vadis? (1913) and its remake of 1924. His character spurred a series of action movies, in which e.g. his action of conquering a wild bull in Quo vadis? was repeated.