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Caligula

1979·156 min

Caligula

Directed by Tinto Brass

DramaHistory

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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Malcolm McDowell

Caligula

Teresa Ann Savoy

Drusilla

Caesonia

Tiberius

Crew

Renzo Rossellini

Original Music Composer

Masolino D'Amico

Screenplay

Producer

Franco Rossellini

Producer

Original Music Composer

Silvano Ippoliti

Director of Photography

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Caligula (1979) is about 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.

Who directed Caligula?

Tinto Brass directed Caligula (1979).

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