Directed by:
Tinto BrassScreenplay:
Gore VidalCinematography:
Silvano IppolitiCast:
Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari, John Steiner, Paolo Bonacelli, Giancarlo Badessi (more)Plots(1)
A Roman orgy of sex, violence and depravity! In the dying days of Empire, Ancient Rome falls under the rule of Caligula, the most evil and perverse emperor ever to wield power over men. Director and softcore legend Tinto Brass and Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione team up to craft the most expensive, excessive erotic production ever filmed. Emperor Caligula is an incestuous, psychopathic despot, hell bent on bloodshed and sodomy in this orgiastic fever dream that plays like a Fellini movie with money shots. Watch with ever increasing shock and awe as Caligula, the twisted dictator brings an empire, and the women of Rome, to their knees, in an explosion of lust, lesbianism, torture and bloodshed. (Arrow Films)
(more)Cast
Malcolm McDowell
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Helen Mirren
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Lori Wagner
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Adriana Asti
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