Titus
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
Antony and Cleopatra
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
Androcles and the Lion
George Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Cleopatra
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
The Last Legion
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Julius Caesar
The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and for the republic.
The Fall of the Roman Empire
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Unsterbliches Pompeji
In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius erupted, killing 2,000 people. This documentary asks what happened next as experts explore Ancient Rome's crisis management.
The Revolt of the Slaves
A rich man's daughter (Rhonda Fleming) sides with a Christian rebel during the fall of the Roman Empire.
The Sign of the Cross
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Centurion
Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
Caesar
Twenty year-old Julius Caesar flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
Caligula with Mary Beard
What is true and what is false in the hideous stories spread about the controversial figure of the Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (12-41), nicknamed Caligula? Professor Mary Beard explains what is accurate and what is mythical in the historical accounts that portray him as an unbalanced despot. Was he a sadistic tyrant, as Roman historians have told, or perhaps the truth about him was manipulated because of political interests?
Gladiators of Rome
A new hero is born in this hilarious, animated adventure of epic proportions! Timo, a student at the Gladiators? Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of an unlikely band of sidekicks, Timo is determined to be the gladiator of her dreams and embarks on an action-packed journey to become the Colosseum?s first victor!
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
Roman teenager, Atti is forced to join the Roman army when one of his clever schemes falls foul of Emperor Nero. He is sent to "miserable, cold, wet Britain" where "the natives are revolting - quite literally". Things go from bad to worse when Atti is captured by Orla, a feisty teenage Celt desperate to prove herself as a warrior.
Plebs: Soldiers of Rome
Three Plebs join the army in peace-time, hoping to win respect, romance and military discounts at selected restaurants. But when war's declared they're sent to fight on the front line of a Roman legion for a cause they don't believe in. Now their main interest is the struggle for survival.
Sign of the Pagan
Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.
The Emperor Caligula: 'The Untold Story'
An insane young emperor finds his love of brutality and degradation surpassed only by his hunger for enslaved virgins, cruel vengeance, extreme acts of 'horseplay' and beyond.
Demetrius and the Gladiators
The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
Spartacus
Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.
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Julie Taymor
Director
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as
Chiron
Jessica Lange
as
Tamora
Anthony Hopkins
as
Titus Andronicus
Charlton Heston
Director
Fernando Rey
as
Lepidus
John Castle
as
Octavius Caesar
Julian Glover
as
Proculeius
John Hallam
as
Thidias
Alan Young
as
Androcles
Alex Sharp
as
Officer
Robert Foulk
as
Soldier
Charlie Hall
as
Town Crier
Juanita Moore
as
Dancer / Slave Girl
Marjorie Bonner
as
Roman Girl
John Roy
as
Roman Soldier
Ben Kingsley
as
Ambrosinus / Merlin
Colin Firth
as
Aurelius
Rupert Friend
as
Demetrius
Thomas Brodie-Sangster
as
Romulus Augustus
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director
Ned Glass
as
Cobbler
Douglass Dumbrille
as
Lepidus
Michael Ansara
as
Pindarus
Richard Hale
as
Soothsayer
John Ireland
as
Ballomar
Luis Fernández de Eribe
as
Leoncio
Sophia Loren
as
Lucilla
Rhonda Fleming
as
Fabiola
Julio Peña
as
Torquato
Angelo Rossitto
as
Impaled Pygmy
Fredric March
as
Marcus Superbus, Prefect of Rome
Otto Lederer
as
(uncredited)
Imogen Poots
as
Arianne
Michael Fassbender
as
Centurion Quintus Dias
Olga Kurylenko
as
Etain
Valeria Golino
as
Calpurnia 2 episodes, 2004
Clive Merrison
as
Catullus
Richard Harris
as
Lucius Cornelius Sulla 2 episodes, 2004
Christopher Walken
as
Marcus Portius Cato 2 episodes, 2004
Jonathan Keeble
as
Domitian
Stuart Milligan
as
Rich Man
John Schwab
as
Timo
Tim Downie
as
British Legate
Alexander Armstrong
as
Catus Decianus
Kevin Bishop
as
German Legate
Emilia Jones
as
Orla
Tom Basden
as
Aurelius
Patrick Baladi
as
Diomedes
Karl Theobald
as
Landlord
Ellie Haddington
as
Phaedra
Leo Gordon
as
Bleda
Edward Earle
as
Senator
Laura Gemser
as
Miriam
Charles Borromel
as
Petreius
Roy Jenson
as
Gladiator
Michael Rennie
as
Peter
Paul Newlan
as
Potter
Carmen De Lavallade
as
Slave Girl
Henry Simmons
as
Draba 2 episodes, 2004
Richard Dillane
as
Julius Caesar 2 episodes, 2004
Rhona Mitra
as
Varinia 2 episodes, 2004
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