Caligula: The Untold Story

Original title: Caligola: La storia mai raccontata

1982
Unrated
1h 32m

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4.5/10

1.2K

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Action Drama History Horror

Caligula's four-year reign and descent into madness are revisited through slanderous vignettes and blunt historical facts.Caligula's four-year reign and descent into madness are revisited through slanderous vignettes and blunt historical facts.Caligula's four-year reign and descent into madness are revisited through slanderous vignettes and blunt historical facts.

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IMDb RATING

4.5/10

1.2K

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
The film was shot in autumn 1981 under the working title 'Follia del potere'.

Alternate versions
The British Board of Film Classification granted an 18 certificate to 'Caligola: La storia mai raccontata' for theatrical release in 1984 in a version that had been pre-cut by the distributors to remove 14 minutes of hardcore footage and a bestiality scene featuring a horse, and then cut by a further 8m 42 secs by the BBFC. These included all footage of dildos, Caligula raping a virgin in a forest, a wife and child being slaughtered, a man's tongue being removed and closeups of sex scenes. The Board, however, rejected the same cut version for video 3 years later.

Connections
Edited into Caligula: The Deviant Emperor (1997)

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Maybe the most extreme Joe D'Amato Movie!

The fact is that Joe D'Amato pictures just aren't made for everyone's taste... once you accept this idea and IF you like italian exploitation flicks you won't be disappointed. Well, this film has been severely censored, but if you can get hold of an uncut copy you will see that the hype, for once, is absolutely true. Lots of graphic violence and hardcore sex (plus one scene with a horse...) make the uncut version of Tinto Brass' Caligola look like a tame R film. Truly disturbing, but D'Amato knows how to deliver the goods (and the performance of David Brandon is really good). Well, I'm not suggesting that anyone of you should go out and rent this film (if you can find it...), just those of you that are not easily offended by good bad taste. With Emanuelle in America one of the best D'Amatos ever! Rest in peace, Joe.