GERMANIKUS (2004)

Germanikus
3.4
0.01K
Germanikus
Comedy
March 26, 2004
German
1h 26m
Germany
B.A. Produktion

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...

Cast & Characters

Crew

Gerhard Polt

Screenplay

Franco Ferrini

Screenplay

Hans Weth

Screenplay

Fred Schuler

Director of Photography

Hans Weth

Producer

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