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Uli Edel
Director -
Carlo Siliotto
Original Music Composer -
Peter Pruce
Writer -
Jeremy Zimmermann
Casting -
Fabio Cianchetti
Director of Photography -
Mark Conte
Editor -
Craig Warner
Writer -
Francesco Bronzi
Production Design
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CinemaSerf 3/27/2022 6:12:50 PM
I've got to say that I love my historical sword and sandal dramas - and with Richard Harris and Christopher Walker in it, I was prepared to overlook the fact that this was cannibalised from a two-part mini-series with more investors than you can shake a stick at. Unfortunately, their choice in the title role - Jeremy Sisto - singularly failed to carry off the role. Caesar was renowned for his ability as an orator - he could sell sand to an Egyptian - but this one couldn't sell me a chocolate covered Jeremy Irvine. It's flat, episodically chronological and the characters are sterile; Pompey (Chris Noth) especially. These stories, in a made-for-television context, never compare well to their grand cinematographic counterparts - "Cleopatra" (1963) or "Julius Caesar" (1953) - so why try? If you know nothing about Roman history then it might just put a few names into your head for further reading, but otherwise forget it...
Jeremy Sisto
Gaius Julius CaesarChristopher Walken
Marcus Portius CatoValeria Golino
CalpurniaChris Noth
PompeyRichard Harris
Lucius Cornelius SullaSean Pertwee
LabienusTobias Moretti
Caius CassiusChristian Kohlund
Lepidus