The First King
6.5
“A timeless story of love, blood, and conflict.”
Romulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.
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Cast
24 people
Alessandro Borghi
Remus
Known for
On My Skin
Don't Be Bad
Alessio Lapice
Romulus
Known for
Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!
Weekend
Fabrizio Rongione
Lars
Known for
Two Days, One Night
Rosetta
Massimiliano Rossi
Tefarie
Known for
Gomorrah
The Commander
Tania Garribba
Satnei
Known for
Supersex
Gomorrah
Lorenzo Gleijeses
Purtnass
Known for
Parthenope
Iago
Vincenzo Crea
Elaxantre
Known for
Everything Calls for Salvation
The App
Max Malatesta
Veltur
Known for
Curon
The Name of the Rose
Fiorenzo Mattu
Mamercus
Known for
Mollo tutto e apro un chiringuito
Gabriel Montesi
Adieis
Known for
Bad Tales
I Am the Abyss
Antonio Orlando
Erennis
Also in
Don't Leave Me
The Traitor
Vincenzo Pirrotta
Cai
Known for
The Bad Guy
The Traitor
Matteo Rovere Director · Filippo Gravino Screenplay Francesca Manieri Screenplay
Worldwide gross $2.4M · Budget $8M · First release January 31, 2019
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,440,478
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Groenlandia
Production
GapBusters
Production
Roman Citizen Entertainment
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
VOO
Production
Casa Kafka Pictures
Production
Belfius
Production
MiC
Production
Regione Lazio
Production
MEDIA Programme of the European Union
Production
Belgium · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il primo re
Original language
Latin
Spoken on screen
Italian · Latin
Release dates
Italy · January 31, 2019
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 4, 2020
Germany
November 8, 2019 · Physical
Japan
April 2, 2020 · Digital
Poland
July 14, 2019 · Digital
Russia
December 22, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
May 21, 2020 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
January 13, 2020 · Physical · DVD
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