Kaligula. Unikālā Atjaunotā Versija/ Калигула. Уникальная Обновленная Версия

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut 

United States, Italy, 1976/2024, 178 min.

Director: Tinto Brass

Adapted from an original screenplay: Gore Vidal

Production design: Danilo Donati

The Ultimate Cut Producer & Reconstructionist Thomas Negovan
Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Helen Mirren, Teresa Ann Savoy, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud

Original Language: English

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."(John Dalberg-Acton)

After murdering his adoptive grandfather, the Emperor Tiberius, Caligula seizes power and begins to dismantle the Roman Empire from within. A treatise on the corrupting influence of power, Caligula undertakes a harrowing journey through depravity, madness, and destruction.

His name would echo through history not for laws passed or glories won, but for the orgies of violence, the theater of vice, and the collapse of all moral restraint.

He is the perfect figure through which to explore the chaos, madness, and unchecked indulgence of absolute power. Caligula’s brief reign would become one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of the Roman Empire.
40 years after its original release, Penthouse Films International presents a completely new cut of the shocking cult classic Caligula, featuring an unprecedented amount of never-before-seen footage. One of the biggest scandals in cinema history, the notoriously decadent film is finally presented in the manner it was always intended to be seen.

Producer Thomas Negovan reconstructed an entirely new version of the film – using alternate takes and cut scenes. This renovation is so elaborate that, although it now clocks in at just under three hours, it does not contain a single frame of footage seen in the original version.

This time around, viewers can have a better appreciation for the often-stunning costumes and production design contributions from the legendary Danilo Donati (who had worked with the likes of Zeffirelli and Fellini and who would go on to do the sets and costumes for ''Flash Gordon'')

This is not a film for everyone by a long shot. Still, those willing to take a chance and embrace it on its own very distinct and occasionally deranged terms are likely to find themselves agreeing with the ultimate assessment of Helen Mirren, who once described it as ''an irresistible mix of art and genitals''.

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