Caligula
Alternative title: Caligola

Directed by Tinto Brass

A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome.
Caligula is infamous for good reason: a lavish historical spectacle overwhelmed by explicit sex, violence and production chaos. Malcolm McDowell is committed, and the sets are extraordinary, but the film’s excess makes it more notorious than coherent.

Caligula

Alternative title: Caligola

Directed by Tinto Brass

A dramatization of the ascent to Caesar and subsequent reign of Caligula, one of the most notorious leaders of ancient Rome.

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Caligula is infamous for good reason: a lavish historical spectacle overwhelmed by explicit sex, violence and production chaos. Malcolm McDowell is committed, and the sets are extraordinary, but the film’s excess makes it more notorious than coherent.