Julius Caesar
2002 | 180m | English
Popularity: 14 (history)
| Director: | Uli Edel |
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| Writer: | Craig Warner, Peter Pruce |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 27, 2002 |
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| Director: | Uli Edel |
| Writer: | Craig Warner, Peter Pruce |
| Genres: | Drama, History, War |
| Keywords | roman empire, ancient rome, biography, grand |
| Production Companies | De Angelis Group |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Jeremy Sisto | Gaius Julius Caesar |
| Richard Harris | Lucius Cornelius Sulla |
| Christopher Walken | Marcus Portius Cato |
| Chris Noth | Pompey |
| Valeria Golino | Calpurnia |
| Pamela Bowen | Aurelia |
| Heino Ferch | Vercingetorix |
| Tobias Moretti | Caius Cassius |
| Samuela Sardo | Cleopatra |
| Daniela Piazza | Cornelia |
| Nicole Grimaudo | Julia |
| Sean Pertwee | Labienus |
| Ian Duncan | Marcus Brutus |
| Kate Steavenson-Payne | Portia |
| Paolo Briguglia | Marcus Portius |
| Jay Rodan | Marc Antony |
| Christian Kohlund | Lepidus |
| Anna Cachia | Wife of Cato |
| Christopher Ettridge | Appolonius |
| Name | Job |
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| Uli Edel | Director |
| Carlo Siliotto | Original Music Composer |
| Fabio Cianchetti | Director of Photography |
| Jeremy Zimmermann | Casting |
| Craig Warner | Writer |
| Mark Conte | Editor |
| Peter Pruce | Writer |
| Francesco Bronzi | Production Design |
| Simonetta Leoncini | Costume Design |
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I've got to say that I love my historical sword and sandal dramas - and with Richard Harris and Christopher Walker in it, I was prepared to overlook the fact that this was cannibalised from a two-part mini-series with more investors than you can shake a stick at. Unfortunately, their choice in the t ... itle role - Jeremy Sisto - singularly failed to carry off the role. Caesar was renowned for his ability as an orator - he could sell sand to an Egyptian - but this one couldn't sell me a chocolate covered Jeremy Irvine. It's flat, episodically chronological and the characters are sterile; Pompey (Chris Noth) especially. These stories, in a made-for-television context, never compare well to their grand cinematographic counterparts - "Cleopatra" (1963) or "Julius Caesar" (1953) - so why try? If you know nothing about Roman history then it might just put a few names into your head for further reading, but otherwise forget it...