Germanikus
Germanikus
Release: 2004-03-26
·Runtime: 86m
·★ 3.4
Comedy
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 ...
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
B.A. Produktion
Constantin Film
Cast
Gerhard Polt
as Germanikus
Petra Reinhardt
as Ambitious Mother
Martin Schneider
as Figaro Nino
Daniele Ferretti
as Phoenix
Daniele Natali
as Presentator
Taiyo Yamanouchi
as Asian
Gisela Schneeberger
as Tusnelda
Hilmi Sözer
as Roman Slave Hunter
Tom Gerhardt
as Almosius
Rufus Beck
as Prefect
Aïssatou Thiam
as Saba
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Emperor Titus
Roberto D'Alessandro
as Greek Philosopher
Antonio Spinnato
as Servant
Irm Hermann
as Germanikus' Mother
Jessica Kosmalla
as Karin
Nadia Rinaldi
as Matrone
Emilio De Marchi
as Balsamico
Maria Cristina Maccà
as Woman at Snack Bar
Anke Engelke
as Mrs. Senator
Bernhard Hoëcker
as Roman Salesman
Nikolaus Paryla
as Sigurd
Viktor Giacobbo
as Notary
Danilo Maria Valli
as Majordomus
Manfred Lehmann
as Sejanus
Annette Frier
as Brunhilda
Pietro Torrisi
as Thraker