Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $23.4M worldwide, about 1.3 times its $17.5M budget
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Setting
Set in Rome
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Music
Music by Bruno Nicolai, Aram Khachaturian and Sergei Prokofiev
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Gore VidalOriginal Story
- Masolino D'AmicoScreenplay
- Original title
- Caligola
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 14, 1979
- Original language
- Italian
- Budget
- $17.5M
- Revenue
- $23.4M
- Countries
- Italy, United States of America
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Cast
Malcolm McDowellCaligula
Teresa Ann SavoyDrusilla
Helen MirrenCaesonia
Peter O'TooleTiberius
John SteinerLonginus- Guido MannariMacro
Paolo BonacelliChaerea
Leopoldo TriesteCharicles
Giancarlo BadessiClaudius
Mirella D'AngeloLivia
Anneka Di LorenzoMessalina
Lori WagnerAgrippina
Adriana AstiEnnia
John GielgudNerva- Bruno BriveGemellus
- Rick ParetsMnester
- Paula MitchellSubura Singer
Osiride PevarelloGiant
Donato PlacidoProculus
Angela La VorgnaTortured Slave (uncredited)
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