Caligula
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Malcolm Mcdowell
John Gielgud
Paula Mitchell
Bruno Brive
Guido Mannari
Anneka Delorenzo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Showing the perversion behind imperial Rome, an epic story that charts the violent life and times of the mad Roman emperor, Caligula. A spectacle of decadence and debauchery, all the details of his cruel, bizarre reign are revealed: his unholy sexual passion for his sister, his marriage to Rome's most notorious prostitute, his fiendishly lavish means of disposing those who would oppose him and more...
Cast
Malcolm Mcdowell
John Gielgud
Paula Mitchell
Bruno Brive
Guido Mannari
Anneka Delorenzo
Helen Mirren
Leopoldo Trieste
Paolo Bonacelli
Giancarlo Badessi
Richard Parets
Donato Placido
Adriana Asti
Peter O'toole
Osiride Pevarello
John Steiner
Lori Wagner
Teresa Ann Savoy
Mirella Dangelo
Crew
Giuseppe Banchelli
Nino Baragli
Giovanni Tinto Brass
Giovanni Tinto Brass
Franco Celli
Paul Clemente
Marcello Coccia
Mario Dibiase
Danilo Donati
Sergio Galiano
Bob Guccione
Bob Guccione
Bob Guccione
Bob Guccione
Gerry Humphreys
Silvano Ippoliti
Aram Khachaturian
Tito Leduc
Giancarlo Lui
Giancarlo Lui
Giancarlo Lui
Giancarlo Lui
Claudio Maielli
Giovanni Natalucci
Robin O'donoghue
Pino Pennesi
Franco Rossellini
Winston Ryder
Jack H Silverman
Piernico Solinas
Luigi Urbani
Roger Van Engel
Franco Velchi
Gore Vidal
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God.- Caligula
Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.- Caligula
Longinus, what is your pleasure?- Caligula
Everything and nothing Caesar.- Longinus
I hear you have a taste for little boys.- Caligula
No Caesar, big boys.- Chaerea
Give him enough rope...- Chaerea
...and perhaps, he'll hang us all.- Longinus
Trivia
Writer Gore Vidal did not want credit for his work.
Peter O'Toole and John Gielgud claimed to have been unaware hardcore sex footage was being shot for the film.
The film took nearly four years to make.
Prior to his hiring of Tinto Brass to direct, Bob Guccione had been in negotiations with John Huston, and then Lina Wertmuller - who wanted to cast Jack Nicholson in the film's starring role.
The stadium spanned the length of three U.S. football fields, and featured a 'headclipper' that was 5 stories high and 150 feet wide.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1979
Re-released in United States September 17, 1999 (director's cut; New York City)
Re-released in United States September 24, 1999 (director's cut; Los Angeles)
Released in United States 1979
Re-released in United States September 17, 1999
Re-released in United States September 24, 1999
