Caligola

1979
VM18
2h 36min

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La storia, raccontata in maniera violenta ed esplicita, dell'imperatore Romano più famigerato: Caligola.La storia, raccontata in maniera violenta ed esplicita, dell'imperatore Romano più famigerato: Caligola.La storia, raccontata in maniera violenta ed esplicita, dell'imperatore Romano più famigerato: Caligola.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

5,3/10

39.370

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

507

151

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

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Interpreti principali78

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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
(as Mirella Dangelo)

Rick Parets

Mnester
(as Richard Parets)

Pola Muzyka

Subura Singer
(as Paula Mitchell)

Osiride Pevarello

Giant

Donato Placido

Proculus

Joss Ackland

Chaerea
(English version)
(voce)
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Trama

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Quiz
Dame Helen Mirren described this movie as "an irresistible mix of art and genitals". Although many actors would regret their involvement with the film, Mirren has remained proud of her role as "the most promiscuous woman in all of Rome", as she believed European Cinema was reaching a benchmark in sex positivity and "it was the time to do nudity". She was, however, taken aback with the film's hardcore footage.

Blooper
Caligula squeezes a lemon over a captured slave. Lemons did not reach Europe until the 2nd century, at least 100 years after Caligula's death.

Citazioni
[first lines]
Caligula: I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God.

Curiosità sui crediti
Due to numerous pending lawsuits and settlements at the time of the film's release, no one is technically fully credited for writing and directing the finished film.

Versioni alternative
The censored version of this film has been released of a few occasions in Australia. In March 1981, a censored, R rated release to cinemas was made by Roadshow. Roadshow Home Video subsequently released the same film version to video in September 1984. This version ran for 146 minutes (PAL). It was again re-released by a 'no name' video label in the late 1990's. The censored DVD version appeared in December 2004, released by Warner Vision. The uncut version has been released in Australia, this was the fully uncut, X rated 156 minute PAL version. It was released in January 1985 by 'Palace X Video' - a version that is now an extremely rare collector's item. The uncut version has since been rated R18+ by the Australian classification board in 2021.

Connessioni
Edited into Video Macumba (1991)

Colonne sonore
Spartacus
(uncredited)
Written by Aram Khachaturyan
Conducted by Bruno Nicolai

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7/10

A tasteless and overblown farrago despite the presence of great actor as Gielgud, O'Toole, McDowell, and Helen Mirren

The film builds around one of the most notoriously decadent of the Roman emperors, Caligula The movie covers his rise to power, his four-year rule, and his bloody assassination His vile deeds include crashing a wedding and sexually abusing the bride and groom, playing erotic fantasies with his sister (who is also his lover) and turning the Imperial Palace into an exclusive brothel

For a really big-money film, the treatment of the sexual scenes is daringly explicit, but somehow the obsession with it makes the film uneven It blends very good actors, O'Toole and McDowell, with some simple-minded Penthouse models The overall effect is disappointing...

Guccione does deserve a hand for the exquisite sets, costumes, production values, and very fine cinematography