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Caligula

Movie · 1979 · 156 min

A lavish, lurid descent into imperial excess that feels exhausting, grotesque and strangely hypnotic, swinging between political intrigue and shocking debauchery.

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1979 film by Tinto Brass
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Year
1979
Runtime
156 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • madness
  • obsession
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror6
Humour3
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, pornographic, erotic, biographical, exploitation, LGBTQ-related
Directed by
Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione
Written by
Malcolm McDowell, Gore Vidal, Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione
Starring
Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, Malcolm McDowell, John Gielgud, Adriana Asti, Teresa Ann Savoy, Paolo Bonacelli, Leopoldo Trieste
Music
Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturian
Cinematography
Silvano Ippoliti
Runtime
156 min
Country
United States, Italy, United Kingdom
Languages
Italian, English

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