Augustus
by Roger Young
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Actor: Benjamin Sadler, Charlotte Rampling, Ken Duken, Peter O'Toole, Vittoria BelvedereDirector: Roger Young
Brand: Unknown
Cinematographer: Giovanni Galasso
Producer: Corrado Trionfera
Producer: Ferdinand Dohna
Producer: Luca Bernabei
Producer: Matilde Bernabei
Producer: Salvatore Morello
Writer: Eric Lerner
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 178 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Augustus
Movie Review: Augustus
Summary: 5 Stars
The story seemed to be more authentic than earlier productions from the 1950's/60's; more realistic.
Summary of Augustus
Biography of the Roman emperor Augustus.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 5-JUL-2005
Media Type: DVD
Augustus is equal parts history lesson and soap opera, and thoroughly engaging at all levels. Peter O'Toole plays Octavius/Augustus, heir to his doomed uncle Julius Caesar's command of the far-flung Roman empire. Surviving an assassination attempt and struck by news of the death of his old friend and ally, Agrippa (Ken Duken), in the same day, Octavius waxes nostalgic about his youthful exploits in Caesar's army (Benjamin Sadler plays the young Augustus in flashbacks) and his unprepared immersion in the deadly politics of the Mark Antony (Massimo Ghini) era. More immediate are Octavius' problems trying to stave off conspiracies by his wife Livia (Charlotte Rampling) to set up the emperor's stepson, Tiberius (Michele Bevilacqua), as heir, and talk his dutiful daughter Julia (Vittoria Belvedere) into a marriage she doesn't want. Roger Young (Jesus) directs this highly watchable costume drama, and O'Toole's golden presence makes the ancient intrigues tragically human. --Tom Keogh
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