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Released
1979 · FILM

Caligula

A newly crowned Roman emperor strives to secure his rule, only to plunge into unbridled madness and cruelty that threaten to tear the empire apart.

“Absolute power corrupts”

Directed by
Tinto Brass
Written by
Gore Vidal, Masolino D Amico
Rated
MPA · NC-17
Runtime
156 min
Language
IT
DramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 33

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nino BaragliShot by Silvano IppolitiScored by Bruno Nicolai

Box Office

1979 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$23.4M

Budget$17.5M
Worldwide gross$23.4M
break-even (2.5×)

Other versions & cuts

  • Caligula - The Ultimate Cuten

These are distinct edits of the film. Their own runtime and release year aren’t on file yet — we only have the alternate title so far.

Also known as

  • Caligula - Aufstieg und Fall eines Tyrannende
  • Calígulaes
  • Caligolait

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