Imperium: Augustus (2003)

Original title

Augustus: The First Emperor

Directed by

Roger Young

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom, Italy, United States

Runtime

3h

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows the life of Octavian, from his rise to power to his later years as Emperor Augustus. It shows his transformation through a framing device where he tells his daughter Julia about his past.

historicalepicdramaticreflectiveslow-pacedseriouseducationalintimate

What happens

Imperium: Augustus is a 2003 joint British-Italian production, and part of the Imperium series. It tells of the life story of Octavian and how he became Augustus. Half the film takes place in the past (as Augustus explains to his daughter Julia how he became who he is) and the other half takes place in the later life of Augustus. The drama starred Peter O'Toole as Augustus, Charlotte Rampling as Livia, Vittoria Belvedere as Julia, Ken Duken as Marcus Agrippa, Benjamin Sadler as Octavian (young Augustus) and Juan Diego Botto as Iullus Antonius. It was filmed in Tunisia. The film was produced by EOS Entertainment and Lux Vide for RAI, Telecinco and ZDF. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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