Quo Vadis (disambiguation)
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In literature
- Quo Vadis (novel)Quo Vadis (novel)Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero, commonly known as Quo Vadis, is a historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz in Polish. Quo vadis is Latin for "Where are you going?" and alludes to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, in which Peter flees Rome but on his way meets Jesus and asks him why he...
, 1895 novel by Henryk SienkiewiczHenryk SienkiewiczHenryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...
On stage, film and TV
- Quo Vadis (1901 film), France, directed by Lucien Nonguet/Ferdinand Zecca
- Quo Vadis (1912 film), Italy, directed by Enrico Guazzoni
- Quo Vadis (1925 film), Italy, directed by Gabriellino d'Annunzio/Georg Jacoby
- Quo Vadis (1951 film)Quo Vadis (1951 film)Quo Vadis is a 1951 epic film made by MGM. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Sam Zimbalist, from a screenplay by John Lee Mahin, S. N. Behrman and Sonya Levien, adapted from Henryk Sienkiewicz's classic 1896 novel Quo Vadis. The music score was by Miklós Rózsa and the cinematography...
, USA, a lavish MGM production directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov. - Quo Vadis? (1985 TV mini-series), Italy-Germany-United Kingdom-Switzerland, six hour mini-series directed by Franco Rossi and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Max von Sydow
- Quo Vadis (2001 film)Quo Vadis (2001 film)Quo Vadis is a 2001 Polish film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz based on the book of the same title by Henryk Sienkiewicz. It was Poland's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated....
, Poland, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and starring Paweł Deląg, Magdalena Mielcarz, Bogusław Linda and Michał Bajor - "Quo Vadis?", 2001 episode of the American television series ER
- "Quo Vadis, Capt. Chandler?", 1975 episode of the American television series M*A*S*H, which featured a soldier who believed he was Jesus Christ
In music
- Quo Vadis (band)Quo Vadis (band)Quo Vadis is a technical melodic death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed in 1992 by Bart Frydrychowicz, Yanic Bercier, and Arie Itman and is named after the novel by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz...
: a Canadian metal band - "Quo Vadis", 1994 song by the Australian band Hoodoo Gurus, on the CrankCrank (Hoodoo Gurus album)Crank was iconic Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus' sixth studio album. The album was produced by Ed Stasium , who had mixed Hoodoo Gurus last studio album, Kinky in 1991. It was the band's first release on Zoo Records...
album - Quo Vadis, large 1947 musical composition for soloists, chorus and orchestra, by Sir George DysonGeorge Dyson (composer)Sir George Dyson KCVO was a well-known English musician and composer. His son is the physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson and among his grandchildren are the science historian George Dyson and Esther Dyson...
In art and architecture
- Church of Domine Quo VadisChurch of Domine Quo VadisThe Church of St Mary in Palmis , better known as Chiesa del Domine Quo Vadis, is a small church southeast of Rome, central Italy. It is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the legend, Saint...
, common name for the Church of St Mary in Palmis, a small church southeast of Rome - Domine, Quo Vadis (Annibale Carraci)Domine quo vadis? (Annibale Carracci)Domine, quo vadis? is a painting by the Italian Baroque painter Annibale Carracci. Dating from c. 1602, it is housed in the National Gallery, London....
, 1602 painting by Annibale Carracci
Other uses
- QuoVadisQuoVadisQuoVadis is a Certificate Authority, a Trusted Third Party which issues digital certificates for authentication and digital signatures.QuoVadis is a Qualified Certification Services Provider in several countries. This means that QuoVadis is accredited by those countries to issue Qualified...
, international certification authority issuing SSL and other digital certificates - Quo Vadis (1984 video game), computer game released for the Commodore 64
- Quo Vadis (automobile)Quo Vadis (automobile)The Quo Vadis was a French cyclecar manufactured in Courbevoie from 1921 until 1923. It featured a twin-cylinder Train engine....
, French automobile produced from 1921 to 1923 - Quo Vadis (horse)Quo Vadis (horse)Quo Vadis was an outstanding Quarter Horse show mare as well as being an outstanding broodmare in the early days of the American Quarter Horse Association .-Life:...
, American Quarter Horse mare inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame - Quo Vadis (restaurant)Quo Vadis (restaurant)Quo Vadis is a restaurant and private club in Soho, London. It primarily serves modern British food. It was founded in 1926 by an Italian named Pepino Leoni and has passed through numerous owners since then, including celebrity chef Marco Pierre White, and is currently owned by Sam and Eddie Hart,...
, restaurant and private club in Soho, London
- Quo Vadis Entertainment Center, former cinema in Westland, Michigan