The Degenerates

The Degenerates

They always go down to the lowest depths of human sensuality!

1969 · 120 min · ★ 6.6 · Comedy, Drama, History

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.

Directed by Gian Luigi Polidoro · Written by Rodolfo Sonego

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