Germanikus

2004

1h 26m

3.4(7 votes)

Comedy

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 ...

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47 members

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Gerhard Polt

Germanikus

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Gisela Schneeberger

Tusnelda

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Rufus Beck

Prefect

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Thiam Aïssatou

Saba

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Anke Engelke

Mrs. Senator

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Bernhard Hoëcker

Roman Salesman

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Hilmi Sözer

Roman Slave Hunter

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Manfred Lehmann

Sejanus

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Martin Schneider

Figaro Nino

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Tom Gerhardt

Almosius

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Moritz Bleibtreu

Emperor Titus

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Andreas Hofmann

Bodo

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Irm Hermann

Germanikus' Mother

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Nikolaus Paryla

Sigurd

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Annette Frier

Brunhilda

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Claudia Wipplinger

Algunda

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Jessica Kosmalla

Karin

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Michael Schreiner

Manfred

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Viktor Giacobbo

Notary

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Nadia Rinaldi

Matrone

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Alvaro Solar

Quintus Turbo

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Simone Luzi

Vizio

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Emilio De Marchi

Balsamico

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Petra Reinhardt

Ambitious Mother

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Krassimir Ivanov

Ramses

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Daniele Ferretti

Phoenix

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Franco Bertipaglia

Polyphem

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Ettore Riccobono

Driver

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Matteo Bilello

Musculus

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Rick Boyd

Sklaven-Brenner

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Roberto Cardone

Nomenclator

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Roberto D'Alessandro

Greek Philosopher

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Gianluca Del Mastro

Sycophant

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Maria Cristina Maccà

Woman at Snack Bar

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Daniele Natali

Presentator

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Pietro Torrisi

Thraker

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Danilo Maria Valli

Majordomus

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Giancarlo Viola

Domitius Bulbo

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Taiyo Yamanouchi

Asian

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Manuel Celani

Child at Snack Bar

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Daniele Coletta

Hairdresser's Child

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Raffaello Converso

Lyre Player

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Francesco Cutrona

Child Gladiator

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Dylan D'Angelo

Damian

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Vinicio Recchi

Mathematician

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Vincenzo Suma

Guardsman

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Antonio Spinnato

Servant

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