CALIGULA's SLAVES (1984) directed by Lorenzo Onorati
1559DVD
Mega
Rare English Version of "Caligula: L'antica Chiave Dei Sensi"
director:
Lorenzo Onorati (as Lawrence Webber)
starring: Robert Gligorov · Sandra Venturini · Mary Ann Levine · Aldo Ralli
· Francesco Romei · Maurice Poli
Director Lorenzo Onorati
helmed 30+ Euro softcore sex films throughout the eighties and early nineties
(including two different adaptations of "Lady Chatterly's Lover").
He made this motion picture in 1984, obviously in an attempt to ride the
success of Tinto Brass' CALIGULA
(1979).
But the more interesting
background story lies with the script and its writer, John Francis Littlewords.
Here is an alias for Gianfranco Parolini, a renowned Italian director
responsible for many of the best known Spaghetti Westerns, e.g. SARTANA
and SABATA.
Parolini - who usually hides behind the Frank Kramer pseudonym - also
co-stars in this film as Senator Lucias, one of Caligula's outspoken political
enemies. Parolini's script is both action-oriented and sexually perverse,
resulting in an odd - even unsettling - venture.
Here - for this rendering
- Caligula is a lonely, misunderstood ruler who surrounds himself with
beautiful, most naked slaves but secretly he longs for a gay relationship.
Into this mix comes Lysia - a freedom fighter recruited by the Opposition
- who masquerades as a whore to get close to Caligula so she might assassinate
him. Curious circumstances bring them closer together and allow Caligula
to exact revenge on his enemies.
An
Italian film; widescreen 16:9, totally uncut version (84 min.), in English
language, DVD encoded for WORLD FORMAT NTSC, playable on any American
machine. Extras include interview with trailers.
Adult
Material/Nudity/Violence/Homosexuality/Sexual Brutality: For Mature
Audiences Only
