Caligula (film)

Caligula is a 1979 film directed by Tinto Brass (with additional scenes filmed by Bob Guccione and Giancarlo Lui) about the Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus also known as "Caligula". Caligula was written by Gore Vidal and co-financed by Penthouse magazine, though the script underwent several re-writes after Tinto Brass and Malcolm McDowell found Gore Vidal's interpretation of the infamous Emperor to be unsatisfactory. The producers were Bob Guccione and Franco Rosselini. The film was budgeted at about 20 million dollars. The production advertised itself as "the most controversial film in history. Only one movie dares to show the perversion behind Imperial Rome...".

Cast

• Malcolm McDowell -- Caligula
• Peter O'Toole -- Tiberius
• Paolo Bonacelli -- Cassius Chaerea
• John Gielgud -- Nerva
• Helen Mirren -- Caesonia
• Teresa Ann Savoy -- Drusilla
• Lori Wagner -- Agrippina
• John Steiner -- Longinus