

March 26, 2004
1h 26m
DE
Hanns Christian Müller
The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...

Gerhard Polt
Germanikus

Gisela Schneeberger
Tusnelda

Rufus Beck
Prefect


Hanns Christian Müller, Hans Weth, Gerhard Polt
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Aïssatou Thiam
Saba

Anke Engelke
Mrs. Senator

Bernhard Hoëcker
Roman Salesman

Hilmi Sözer
Roman Slave Hunter

Manfred Lehmann
Sejanus

Martin Schneider
Figaro Nino

Tom Gerhardt
Almosius
B.A. Produktion
DE

Constantin Film
DE