Germanikus
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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 ...
Status: Released
Released Date: 2004-03-26
Runtime: 86 mins
Director: Hanns Christian Müller
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Germanikus
Production Companies: B.A. Produktion, Constantin Film
Production Countries: Germany
Cast
Gerhard Polt
Gisela Schneeberger
Rufus Beck
Aïssatou Thiam
Anke Engelke
Bernhard Hoëcker
Hilmi Sözer
Manfred Lehmann
Martin Schneider
Tom Gerhardt
Moritz Bleibtreu
Andreas Hofmann
Irm Hermann
Nikolaus Paryla
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