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Cast
Malcolm McDowell (Caligula)Peter O'Toole (Tiberius)Helen Mirren (Caesonia)Teresa Ann Savoy (Drusilla)Guido Mannari (Macro)John Gielgud (Nerva)Giancarlo Badessi (Claudius)Bruno Brive (Gemellus)Adriana Asti (Ennia)Leopoldo Trieste (Charicles)Paolo Bonacelli (Chaerea)John Steiner (Longinus)Mirella D'Angelo (Livia)Rick Parets (Mnester)Paula Mitchell (Subura Singer)Osiride Pevarello (Giant)Donato Placido (Proculus)Joss Ackland (Chaerea)
Director
Tinto Brass
Synopsis
A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome. We see his ambition, his scheming, his perversion and decadence, his brutality and his lunacy.
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