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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.
Theatrical
Feb 5, 1982
Box Office
$23.4M
Budget
$17.5M
Return
1.3x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 17, 2024
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Franco Rossellini, Jack H. Silverman, Bob Guccione
Music
Studio
Penthouse Films International, Felix Cinematografica
Original Title
Caligola
Original Language
Italian
Quotes
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Quotes about Caligula
The fact that we have used celebrated movie personalities to make a film with sexually explicit passages is probably the source of the controversy. People talk about the violence, of course, but it's easier and more sophisticated to say that you're shocked by the violence rather than the sex.
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Reflections on Caligula's Reign
Quotes about Caligula
* ], as quoted in "Bob Guccione Caligula Interview from Penthouse May 1980". Penthouse: 112–118, 146–115.
[[w:Bob Guccione|Bob Guccione]
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Cast
Full credits →M
Malcolm McDowell
Caligula
T
Teresa Ann Savoy
Drusilla
H
Helen Mirren
Caesonia
P
Peter O'Toole
Tiberius
J
John Steiner
Longinus
G
Guido Mannari
Macro
P
Paolo Bonacelli
Chaerea
L
Leopoldo Trieste
Charicles
G
Giancarlo Badessi
Claudius
M
Mirella D'Angelo
Livia
A
Anneka Di Lorenzo
Messalina
L
Lori Wagner
Agrippina
A
Adriana Asti
Ennia
J
John Gielgud
Nerva
P
Paula Mitchell
Subura Singer
O
Osiride Pevarello
Giant
D
Donato Placido
Proculus
A
Angela La Vorgna
Tortured Slave (uncredited)
J
John Stacy
Senator Acesio
