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Caligula and Incitatus, drawing by Jean Victor Adam. Incitatus (Latin pronunciation: [ɪŋkɪˈtaːtʊs]; meaning "swift" or "at full gallop") was the favourite horse of Roman Emperor Caligula (r. 37–41 AD). According to legend, Caligula planned to make the horse a consul, although ancient sources are clear that this did not occur. Supposedly ...
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 ...
Caligula: Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione: Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole: Adult, Drama, History [2] Christ Stopped at Eboli: Elio Petri: Gian Maria Volonté, Lea Massari, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Irene Papas: Political drama: Golden Prize at Moscow, David di Donatello for Best Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film: Cindy's Love Games ...
The sets and costumes, as noted in the film's opening credits, were those from Caligula, designed by Danilo Donati and used without his consent. Anneka Di Lorenzo, who plays the title role of Messalina, had played the same role in Caligula. Lori Wagner, who played Agrippina in Tinto Brass's film, also reprises her role. [1]
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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 ...
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 explicit sequences, to make the film a pornographic drama.
silent film told in several time-periods with a segment set in 27 AD leading to the Crucifixion Three Ages: 1923 a parody of Intolerance starring Buster Keaton also with its own Roman section Ben-Hur: 1925 silent film dir. by Fred Niblo, starring Ramon Novarro (the picture noteworthy for its color segments and for the female nudity in the ...