Caligula is a
1979 film directed by
Tinto Brass[?] (with additional scenes directed by
Bob Guccione[?]), about the
Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar Germanicus; also known as "Caligula".
Caligula is loosely based on a
screenplay by
Gore Vidal and co-
financed[?] by
Penthouse. The producers were Guccione and
Franco Rosselini[?]. Several of Caligula's scenes are considered to be
pornographic and the film
advertised itself as "the most
controversial film in
history. Only one movie dares to show the
perversion behind
Imperial Rome...".
Caligula was censored in several countries, an original runtime of 210 minutes was reduced to 102, in the US, and 103, in the UK.