Caligula (1979)
Caligola
Absolute power corrupts
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Caligula rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.3/10· 42K votes
Rotten Tomatoes18%
TMDb5.978/10· 982 votesWith 18% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.3/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been modest.
About Caligula
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.
Cast of Caligula
Malcolm McDowell
as Caligula
Teresa Ann Savoy
as Drusilla
Helen Mirren
as Caesonia
Peter O'Toole
as Tiberius
John Steiner
as Longinus
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Guido Mannari
as Macro
Paolo Bonacelli
as Chaerea
Leopoldo Trieste
as Charicles
Giancarlo Badessi
as Claudius
Mirella D'Angelo
as Livia
Anneka Di Lorenzo
as Messalina
Lori Wagner
as Agrippina
Caligula facts
- Original title
- Caligola
- Budget
- $17.5M
- Box office
- $23.4M
- Collection
- Caligula Collection
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