The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of Britain before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).
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Genre: Drama, History
Director: Tinto Brass, Bob Guccione, Giancarlo Lui
Actor: Malcolm Mcdowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Guido Mannari, John Gielgud
Runtime: 156 min
IDMB: 5.2/10
Released: 15 Feb 1980
Language: English, Italian
Country: Italy, Usa
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The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
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Genre: Drama, History
Director: Lech Majewski
Writer: Michael Francis Gibson (screenplay), Lech Majewski (screenplay)
Actor: Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling, Joanna Litwin
Runtime: 92 min
IDMB: 6.9/10
Released: 18 Mar 2011
Language: English, Flemish, Spanish
Country: Poland, Sweden
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King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Peter Glenville
Writer: Jean Anouilh (play), Lucienne Hill (play), Edward Anhalt (screenplay)
Actor: Richard Burton, Peter O'toole, John Gielgud, Gino Cervi
Runtime: 148 min
IDMB: 8/10
Released: 11 Mar 1964
Language: English, Latin, Welsh
Country: Uk, Usa
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A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking, with the belief that bathing in the blood of virgins will preserve her beauty.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Julie Delpy
Writer: Julie Delpy
Actor: Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt, Anamaria Marinca
Runtime: 98 min
IDMB: 6.3/10
Released: 25 Jun 2009
Language: English
Country: France, Germany, Usa
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In the 1850s, Ellen Ternan is a minimally talented actress who catches the eye of the hailed British author, Charles Dickens. Bored with his intellectually unstimulating wife, Dickens takes the educated Ellen as his mistress with the cooperation of her mother. What follows is a stormy relationship with this literary giant who provides her with a life fe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Actor: Felicity Jones, John Kavanagh, Tom Attwood, Susanna Hislop
Runtime: 111 min
IDMB: 6.1/10
Released: 21 Feb 2014
Language: French, English
Country: Uk
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