Caligula

Caligula (1979, USA/Italy) is a Sexploitation film directed by Tinto Brass.

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Released in 1979
Color
Running Time: 156 min | 210 min (original cut) | Italy:123 min (recut version) | USA:148 min (re-release) | UK:102 min | Spain:137 min | USA:102 min (R-rated version)
Production Co: Penthouse Films International | Felix Cinematografica
Distribution Co: Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) (1979) (Italy) (theatrical) (as "Caligola") | Analysis Film Releasing Corporation (1980) (USA) (theatrical) | Seville Pictures (1980) (Canada) (theatrical) (Canada: Quebec) | GTO (UK) | Ízaro Films (1981) (Spain) (theatrical) | Citadel Films (1981) (Canada) (theatrical) (Canada: English Canada) | Gaumont Italia (1984) (Italy) (theatrical) (re-release) | Roadshow Entertainment (1981) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-edit) | Tobis Filmkunst (Germany) (theatrical) | Tobis (1980) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Directed by Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui
Written by Gore Vidal, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui, Franco Rossellini
Starring Malcolm McDowell, Peter O'Toole, Helen Mirren, John Gielgud
Produced by Bob Guccione, Franco Rossellini, Jack H. Silverman
Original Music by Bruno Nicolai (as Paul Clemente), Renzo Rossellini (1984)
Cinematography by Silvano Ippoliti
Film Editing by Nino Baragli, Enzo Micarelli (1984 version), Russell Lloyd (uncredited)

Details the graphic and shocking but undeniably tragic story of Rome's most infamous Caesar, Gaius Germanicus Caligula.

What would you have done if you had been given absolute power of life and death over everybody else in the whole world?
The most controversial film of the 20th century is now the most controversial film of the 21st century.