Nero
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As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.
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3 films
Cast
16 people
Hans Matheson
Nero
Known for
Sherlock Holmes
The Tudors
Rike Schmid
Acte
Known for
Don 2
The School of the Magical Animals
Laura Morante
Aggrippina
Known for
The Son's Room
Bianca
Matthias Habich
Seneca
Known for
Enemy at the Gates
Berlin Syndrome
Ángela Molina
Domitia
Known for
The Barrier
Live Flesh
Ian Richardson
Septimus
Known for
From Hell
Dark City
John Simm
Caligula
Known for
Life on Mars
Collateral
Liz Smith
Soothsayer
Known for
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Massimo Dapporto
Claudius
Known for
Soldati - 365 all'alba
The Family
Maurizio Donadoni
Burros
Known for
Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
Jochen Horst
Etius
Known for
Luther
The Cement Garden
Vittoria Puccini
Claudia Octavia
Known for
18 Presents
Tutta colpa di Freud
Paul Marcus Director
United States release September 6, 2005 · Produced in United Kingdom, Italy, Spain · Production Lux Vide, Telecinco
Production
EOS Entertainment
Production
Lux Vide
Production
Telecinco
Production
United Kingdom · Italy · Spain
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Nerone
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · May 23, 2004
Theatrical
United States · September 6, 2005
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