Germanikus

Mar 26, 2004

1h 26m

★ 3.4

Overview

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 ...

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

B.A. Produktion

Constantin Film

Germanikus Trailers

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Cast

Germanikus

Gerhard Polt

Tusnelda

Gisela Schneeberger

Prefect

Rufus Beck

Saba

Aïssatou Thiam

Mrs. Senator

Anke Engelke

Roman Salesman

Bernhard Hoëcker

Roman Slave Hunter

Hilmi Sözer

Sejanus

Manfred Lehmann

Figaro Nino

Martin Schneider

Almosius

Tom Gerhardt

Emperor Titus

Moritz Bleibtreu

Bodo

Andreas Hofmann

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