Caligula

Year: 1979

Runtime: 156 mins

Language: Italian

Director: Tinto Brass

DramaHistoryIntense violence and sexual transgressionEpic history and literatureChallenging or sexual themes & twists

With the death of the paranoid Emperor Tiberius, his heir Caligula ascends to the throne, and his unchecked authority quickly descends into a reign of violence, cruelty and unchecked excess. He drives the Roman Empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity, revealing how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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