Germanikus

Germanikus (2004)

3.9 86 min Movie
Comedy

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 ...

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Cast

Gerhard Polt Gerhard Polt Germanikus
Gisela Schneeberger Gisela Schneeberger Tusnelda
Rufus Beck Rufus Beck Prefect
Aïssatou Thiam Aïssatou Thiam Saba
Anke Engelke Anke Engelke Mrs. Senator
Bernhard Hoëcker Bernhard Hoëcker Roman Salesman
Hilmi Sözer Hilmi Sözer Roman Slave Hunter
Manfred Lehmann Manfred Lehmann Sejanus
Martin Schneider Martin Schneider Figaro Nino
Tom Gerhardt Tom Gerhardt Almosius
Moritz Bleibtreu Moritz Bleibtreu Emperor Titus
Andreas Hofmann Andreas Hofmann Bodo

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