Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

SYNOPSIS

Now, 43 years after the 1980 release of historical epic CALIGULA, producer and reconstructionist Thomas Negovan has realized the creators’ original vision with CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT, a version comprised of entirely never-before-seen footage shot in 1976. Shadowed by the murder of his entire family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather (Peter O’Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire, descending into a spiral of depravity, destruction, and madness. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, this extensive reconstruction of the notorious 1980 spectacle, CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT restores the complete performances of McDowell and Helen Mirren, as the promiscuous ‘Caesonia’, from an unprecedented amount of never before seen footage. Sumptuous set designs by two-time Oscar winner Danilo Donati.

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YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2023

CAST

Malcolm McDowell
Helen Mirren
Teresa Ann Savoy

DIRECTOR

Tinto Brass

PRODUCER

Thomas Negovan