Original
Italian Title: CALDE NOTTI DI POPPEA [Hot Nights of Poppea]
also known as THE EROTIC ROMAN EMPIRE
[L'Impero Romano Erotic]
director: Guido
Malatesta (as James Reed)
starring: Olga Schoberova (as Olinka Berova) · Brad Harris · Femi Beussi
· Sandro Dori · Gia Sandri
Olinka Berova
plays Candy (er, Poppea) a young, naive country girl who comes to Rome
in search of 'Justice' after getting raped by two soldiers. She never
finds justice - rather, quite the opposite - as she is raped again by
the Consulate and, then, by the Monsignor during the celebration of the
Vestal Virgins. Young Poppea's (mis) adventures take her through a brothel,
a marriage to a homosexual, the house of a shrewd lesbian, a sculptor's
studio, a decadent Catholic Church as she finally meets and becomes the
bride of Emperor Nero. Eventually, as the result of a hair-brained scheme,
Poppea is responsible to the burning of Rome as husband Nero ejoys the
chaos.
This film
was obviously inspired by the International success of 1969's movie CANDY
[not really that usual of a stretch since CANDY
itself had been based on Terry Southern's controversial sex book which
was actually inspired by Voltaire's Candide]. The motion
picture is a wonderful romp with wildly endearing performances. Czech
born Olinka Berova (from VENGEANCE
OF SHE) is the wide-eyed Poppea and (her real-life husband) Brad
Harris - from numerous gladiator films and Spaghetti Westerns - is stoic
Claudio Valeria. This was the breakout role for Femi Benussi as, a couple
months later, director Malatesta put her in the title role for his TARZANA.
It should be noted, however, that Sandro Dori steals the show with his
enthusiastic portrayal of Nero.
An
Italian film in French language with English subtitles; widescreen format
(16:9), uncut (91 minutes),
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT; extras include theatrical
trailers.
Nudity/Violence/Rape/Adult
Situations/Sexual Brutality
Recommended For Adult Audiences
