Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula

Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

2005 · 6 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Drama

This is a short film based on the 1979 film of the same name. The film is stylized with the actors wearing modernized robes and Roman jewelry and females playing male characters and vice-versa.

Directed by Francesco Vezzoli · Written by Gore Vidal

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