Germanikus
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 ...
Release Date
March 26, 2004Runtime
86 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Hanns Christian Müller, Enrico Rosati, Oliver Zenglein, My-Chi Phu Tho, Sabine UtzScreenplay by
Franco Ferrini, Hans Weth, Hanns Christian Müller, Gerhard PoltLanguage
GermanBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Gerhard Polt
GermanikusGisela Schneeberger
TusneldaRufus Beck
PrefectAïssatou Thiam
SabaAnke Engelke
Mrs. SenatorBernhard Hoëcker
Roman SalesmanHilmi Sözer
Roman Slave HunterManfred Lehmann
SejanusMartin Schneider
Figaro NinoTom Gerhardt
AlmosiusMoritz Bleibtreu
Emperor TitusIrm Hermann
Germanikus' MotherNikolaus Paryla
SigurdAnnette Frier
BrunhildaJessica Kosmalla
KarinViktor Giacobbo
NotaryNadia Rinaldi
MatroneEmilio De Marchi
BalsamicoPetra Reinhardt
Ambitious MotherDaniele Ferretti
PhoenixRoberto D'Alessandro
Greek PhilosopherMaria Cristina Maccà
Woman at Snack BarDaniele Natali
PresentatorPietro Torrisi
ThrakerDanilo Maria Valli
MajordomusTaiyo Yamanouchi
AsianAntonio Spinnato
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