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Synopsis: The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of Britain before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

Genre: Drama, History

Director(s): Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui

Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Guido Mannari, John Gielgud

Production: Analysis Releasing

2 nominations.


IMDB:: 5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:: 23%

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Year:: 1979
: 156 min
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...Claudius that's uncle.
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The others struck down by fate.
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And it is fate, little boots,
that rules us, not any god.
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You are a god, Lord.
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No, I'm not.
Not even when I'm dead.
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Julius Caesar and
Augustus Caesar,
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they are gods.
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So say the Senate...
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and so the people
prefer to believe.
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Such myth they use.
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Little boots, just look at you.
-Yes, Caesar?
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I am mercy.
A viper in Rome's bosom.
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Uncle.
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Caligula.
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Do you think
this boy have been drinking?
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I think he has, Caesar.
-So do I. Macro.
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Yes, Lord?
-Bring him more wine.
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And waste none.
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Remove your bootlaces.
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And what do thet
say of me at Rome?
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Oh, well, they need you,
Lord and they miss you.
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Most of my life I have given
to the Roman people.
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I have fought.
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I have given all.
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Aren't they lovely?
-Yes, Lord.
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The Satyrs are from Illyria.
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And... uh...
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This Nymph... is from...
Where are you from?
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Britain, Lord.
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Britain.
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Speaking statues.
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Yes, yes. And they do more
than speak. They do...
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You prefer nymphs to satyrs?
-I like both, Lord.
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One needs both.
Yes. To keep healthy.
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Rome is a republic and
you and I are playing citizens.
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More confection.
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That's it.
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That's the best of my stallions.
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Serve the state, Caligula, although
the people in it are wicked beasts.
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But they love you, Lord.
-Oh, no. No.
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They fear me.
And that is much better.
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I had no choice, you see.
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No choice.
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No choice?
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All I wanted was private life.
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I did not truly want
to become emperor,
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but I had to.
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Had to?
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If someone else
had become emperor,
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I would have been killed.
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As you will be.
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Will be?
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Will be gra... gr...
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Will be, Grandfather?
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Would be, if you were not my heir.
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When Rome was just a
city and we were...
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just citizens, we're
known to one another.
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And we were frugal, good,
disciplined and dignified.
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The Romans I rule
are not like we were.
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They lust... they lust for power
and pleasure.
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Money...
the wives of other men...
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Oh, yes,
I am a true moralist.
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And stern as any Cato.
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Faith chose me to govern
swine in my old day...
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which I have become a swine-herd.
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The faithless boy. Has
he drunk enough wine?
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I think he's drunk enough, Lord.
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So do I.
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Now he is happy.
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Homer. You would not know that?
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You were educated
in army caps only.
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You will know enough
to be a swine-herd.
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Caesar? The Senate sends these
documents for your signature.
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Of course.
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The revise list to candidates
for the requested order.
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I, Tiberius Caesar,
command on the name...
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of the Senate and
the people of Rome.
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Tax assessment, regime minor,
Brescia and Gaul.
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I, Tiberius Caesar,
command on the name...
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of the Senate and
the people of Rome.
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Senator guilty of treason.
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Every senator believes
himself to be a potential
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Caesar, therefore every
senator is guilty of treason.
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In thought,
if not indeed.
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The Senate is the natural enemy
of any Caesar, Little Boots.
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Remember that.
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Traitors. Look at them.
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Traitors.
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They offer to prove any law I made
before I made it.
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I said:
'What if I go mad?
What then?'
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No answer. They were
born to be slaves,
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Germanicus, never forget that.
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I'm not Germanicus, Lord.
I'm his son, Caligula.
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Yes.
And your friend is Macro.
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He serves you and only you, Lord.
-And his wife is your friend, too.
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Is she friendly in bed?
-We must ask Macro that, Lord.
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She seems friendly.
-And your sister, Drusilla...
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My sister is my sister, Lord.
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I know everything
that is said and done.
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And thought.
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The setting sun
and the rising moon.

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