"Absolute power corrupts"

1979

2h 36m

6.0(972 votes)

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After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

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20 members

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Malcolm McDowell

Caligula

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Teresa Ann Savoy

Drusilla

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Helen Mirren

Caesonia

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Peter O'Toole

Tiberius

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John Steiner

Longinus

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Guido Mannari

Macro

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Paolo Bonacelli

Chaerea

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Leopoldo Trieste

Charicles

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Giancarlo Badessi

Claudius

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Mirella D'Angelo

Livia

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Anneka Di Lorenzo

Messalina

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Lori Wagner

Agrippina

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Adriana Asti

Ennia

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John Gielgud

Nerva

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Bruno Brive

Gemellus

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Rick Parets

Mnester

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Paula Mitchell

Subura Singer

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Osiride Pevarello

Giant

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Donato Placido

Proculus

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Angela La Vorgna

Tortured Slave (uncredited)

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