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18/09/1969 Drama, Fantasy 2h 9m
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Rome. Before Christ. After Fellini.

Overview

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.

  1. Federico Fellini

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Martin Potter

    Encolpio

  2. Hiram Keller

    Ascilto

  3. Max Born

    Gitone

  4. Salvo Randone

    Eumolpo

  5. Mario Romagnoli

    Trimalcione

  6. Magali Noël

    Fortunata

  7. Capucine

    Trifena

  8. Fanfulla

    Vernacchio

  9. Gordon Mitchell

    Il predone

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-27
If you ever saw or read “Quo Vadis” then you will be familiar with the character of Gaius Petronius. He was one of the emperor Nero’s closest advisors and the credited author of this fantastic story of mythological excess. In this suitably outrageous Neroic drama, two close friends - “Ascito” (Hiram Keller) and “Encolpio” (Martin Potter) get into a strop about their ownership of their toy-boy “Gitone” (Max Born). Unable to reconcile, they determine to go their separate ways. The young lad chooses to go with the former man and so distraught, the latter considers suicide - but ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Italian

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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