Deliberate mistake: Wooden crosses are shown in several scenes, hanging on a wall. Crosses did not come into use as a Christian symbol until 450 A.D. (about 400 years after the film is set).
Quo Vadis (1951)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy, Anthony Mann
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Leo Genn
Revealing mistake: When the Christians are being fed to the lions, we can see that when a lion "attacks" one of the men, the man is actually smiling and visibly playing with that wild animal.
Emperor Nero: Poppaea, one woman shouldn't judge another. She hasn't the glands for it. Ha-ha.
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