Quo Vadis box office records possible as advance tickets reach 100,000

With four days left until the epic film "Quo Vadis" opens in cinemas around the country, 100,000 people have already placed orders for tickets. Yesterday the official premiere took place in Teatr Wielki in Warsaw, with President Aleksander Kwasniewski and Primate Jozef Glemp present. "Quo Vadis" is an epic story of ancient Rome and the first Christians, based on the novel by Nobel prize winner Henryk Sienkiewicz. The film, directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, is the most expensive feature film in the history of Polish cinematography, with a budget of $18 billion. (Zycie, p.1)