Plot
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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Cast
Gerhard Polt
Germanikus
Gisela Schneeberger
Tusnelda
Rufus Beck
Prefect
Aïssatou Thiam
Saba
Anke Engelke
Mrs. Senator
Bernhard Hoëcker
Roman Salesman
Hilmi Sözer
Roman Slave Hunter
Manfred Lehmann
Sejanus
Martin Schneider
Figaro Nino
Tom Gerhardt
Almosius
Moritz Bleibtreu
Emperor Titus
Andreas Hofmann
Bodo
Irm Hermann
Germanikus' Mother
Nikolaus Paryla
Sigurd
Annette Frier
Brunhilda
Claudia Wipplinger
Algunda
Jessica Kosmalla
Karin
Michael Schreiner
Manfred
Viktor Giacobbo
Notary
Nadia Rinaldi
Matrone
Alvaro Solar
Quintus Turbo
Simone Luzi
Vizio
Emilio De Marchi
Balsamico
Petra Reinhardt
Ambitious Mother
Krassimir Ivanov
Ramses
Daniele Ferretti
Phoenix
Franco Bertipaglia
Polyphem
Ettore Riccobono
Driver
Matteo Bilello
Musculus
Rick Boyd
Sklaven-Brenner
Roberto Cardone
Nomenclator
Roberto D'Alessandro
Greek Philosopher
Gianluca Del Mastro
Sycophant
Maria Cristina Maccà
Woman at Snack Bar
Daniele Natali
Presentator
Pietro Torrisi
Thraker
Danilo Maria Valli
Majordomus
Giancarlo Viola
Domitius Bulbo
Taiyo Yamanouchi
Asian
Manuel Celani
Child at Snack Bar
Daniele Coletta
Hairdresser's Child
Raffaello Converso
Lyre Player
Francesco Cutrona
Child Gladiator
Dylan D'Angelo
Damian
Vinicio Recchi
Mathematician
Vincenzo Suma
Guardsman
Antonio Spinnato
Servant
