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Caligula is the young heir to the throne of his great-uncle, Emperor Tiberius.One morning, a blackbird flies into his room; Caligula considers this a bad omen. Shortly afterward, one of the heads of the Praetorian Guard, Naevius Sutorius Macro, tells Caligula that Tiberius demands his immediate presence at Capri, where the Emperor lives with his close friend Nerva, Caligula's dim-witted uncle ...
Entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival: Don Giovanni: Joseph Losey: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Kiri Te Kanawa: Opera: Don't Trust the Mafia: Mario Bianchi: Gabriele Tinti, Paola Senatore, Pino Mauro: Crime [3] Un dramma borghese: Florestano Vancini: Franco Nero, Dalila Di Lazzaro: drama: Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot: Steno: Paolo ...
The film is not in fact a sequel nor a prequel to Tinto Brass's 1979 film Caligula.During the time that Caligula spent in post-production, the film's co-producer Franco Rossellini wanted to get usage from the $20,000,000 of sets and costumes used in Caligula, fearing that the film would never be released.
With so much new footage, Caligula: The Ultimate Cut certainly rescues the film’s reputation from the trashy doldrums.Helen Mirren’s role for example is greatly expanded, from 17 minutes ...
After Salon Kitty (1976) and Caligula (1979), the style of his films gradually changed towards erotic films. Caligula was originally supposed to be a satire on power instead of an erotic film, but the producers changed and re-edited the film entirely without Brass's consent, removing many political and comical scenes, and shooting sexually ...
The Sacrifice (1979 film) Saint Jack (film) A Scream from Silence; Secret Orchards; The Seduction of Joe Tynan; Seven Days in January; Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness; Slow Motion (1979 film) Spirit of the Wind; Stalker (1979 film) Steel (1979 film) The Story of a Mother (1979 film) Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter; The ...
At its core, the film develops an ill-fated romance between the emperor and an Egyptian slave seeking revenge for her friend's death. [1] Caligula... The Untold Story was released in Italy and in other European countries in both theaters and on home video in several different softcore and hardcore versions. [4]
The assassination of Caligula is also depicted inaccurately. In the film, Caligula is lured to a brothel by his attendants, where he is assassinated. Historically, he was killed in a cryptoporticus underneath a palatine theater by praetorian guards led by Cassius Chaerea, Marcus Vinicius, and Lucius Annius Vinicianus. After Caligula was ...