• Director(s)

    Tinto Brass

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    178m

  • Cast

    Lori Wagner, Giancarlo Badessi, Osiride Pevarello, Peter O'Toole, Richard Parets, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Bruno Brive, Leopoldo Trieste, Adriana Asti, Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy, Paolo Bonacelli, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari, Donato Placido, John Steiner, Paula Mitchell, Mirella D'Angelo

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Caligula

strong real sex, sex references, nudity, sexual violence

Detailing the graphic and shocking, yet tragic tale of Rome's most infamous Caesar, this newly edited version of the well known 1979 historical epic, explores themes of decadence and excess. …

Detailing the graphic and shocking, yet tragic tale of Rome's most infamous Caesar, this newly edited version of the well known 1979 historical epic, explores themes of decadence and excess.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

nudity

  • Director(s)

    Tinto Brass

  • Production Year

    1979

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery

  • Approx. running minutes

    178m

  • Cast

    Lori Wagner, Giancarlo Badessi, Osiride Pevarello, Peter O'Toole, Richard Parets, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Bruno Brive, Leopoldo Trieste, Adriana Asti, Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy, Paolo Bonacelli, John Gielgud, Guido Mannari, Donato Placido, John Steiner, Paula Mitchell, Mirella D'Angelo

One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

strong real sex, sex references, nudity, sexual violence
Classified Date:
19/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
violence
A man is force fed a large amount of wine before being stabbed, with resulting bloody detail. Other violence includes beheadings and stabbings with swords and spears.
threat and horror
People are threatened with bladed weapons, and in one scene, a man who has been buried up to his neck in the ground is in danger from a rotating blade approaching him.
language
There is use of moderate bad language (‘slut’, ‘whore’).
sex
There are scenes which feature unsimulated sex, oral sex and masturbation. Orgy sequences occur, and there are instances of BDSM. An incestuous sexual relationship occurs between two siblings, and in one sequence the two are seen beginning a threesome with another woman.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a prolonged and intense scene of sexual violence which features nudity.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, with resulting bloody injury detail.
injury detail
After a man is beheaded, there is brief, gory sight of his severed head.
nudity
There is frequent sight of breast, buttock and genital nudity. During a wedding scene, there is sight of cakes which have been decorated to resemble male and female genitalia.
Classified Date:
24/10/1980
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
G.T.O. Films
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
strong real sex, sex references, nudity, sexual violence
Classified Date:
06/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Vertigo Releasing Ltd
violence
A man is force fed a large amount of wine before being stabbed, with resulting bloody detail. Other violence includes beheadings and stabbings with swords and spears.
threat and horror
People are threatened with bladed weapons, and in one scene, a man who has been buried up to his neck in the ground is in danger from a rotating blade approaching him.
language
There is use of moderate bad language (‘slut’, ‘whore’).
sex
There are scenes which feature unsimulated sex, oral sex and masturbation. Orgy sequences occur, and there are instances of BDSM. An incestuous sexual relationship occurs between two siblings, and in one sequence the two are seen beginning a threesome with another woman.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a prolonged and intense scene of sexual violence which features nudity.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, with resulting bloody injury detail.
injury detail
After a man is beheaded, there is brief, gory sight of his severed head.
nudity
There is frequent sight of breast, buttock and genital nudity. During a wedding scene, there is sight of cakes which have been decorated to resemble male and female genitalia.
Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex
Classified Date:
26/08/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Fremantlemedia Enterprise Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Re-edited version
Contains strong violence, sexual violence and strong real sex
Classified Date:
26/08/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Fremantlemedia Enterprise Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
All previous cuts waived
Contains strong sex and violence
Classified Date:
26/08/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Fremantlemedia Enterprise Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Precut version
Classified Date:
24/07/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Screen Multimedia
Classified Date:
06/11/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Penthouse Films International
Classified Date:
24/09/2008
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Fremantlemedia Enterprise Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material

  • Classified date

    06/08/2024

  • Language

    English

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