Nero - The dark side of power
Nero - The Dark Side of the Force is the second part of the TV series Imperium . In this historical film, the life story of the Roman emperor Nero is retold.
action
Ahenobarbus, little Nero's father, is murdered before his eyes.
He himself is separated from his mother Agrippina on the instructions of the cruel emperor Caligula and sold into exile into slavery. Here he grows up with young Acte , a slave girl with whom he falls in love. When Caligula is murdered ten years later, Nero's uncle Claudius becomes the new emperor of Rome .
Nero can now come back from exile and begin his political career: emperor, artist and bon vivant.
But power corrupts and Nero's dream of making Rome a better empire soon turns into a nightmare. He set fire to Rome and crucified thousands of Christians on the Via Appia .
background
After Peter Ustinovs ( Quo Vadis ) and Anthony Andrews ' ( AD - Anno Domini ) this time Hans Matheson played Nero.
Director Paul Marcus did not stick to historically secured facts, but also incorporated legends into the script.
The film was shot in Tunisia , Morocco and Malta , where a replica of the Roman Forum was built.
synchronization
- Nero: Gerrit Schmidt-Foss
- Agrippina: Helga Sasse
- Act: Rike Schmid
- Claudius: Dieter Bellmann
- Seneca: Matthias Habich
- Caligula: Sebastian Schulz
- Apollonius: Frank Glaubrecht
- Septimus: Werner Ehrlicher
- Domitia: Regine Albrecht
- Claudia: Manja Doering
- Etius: Jochen Horst
- Licia: Peggy Sander
- Burrus: Roland Hemmo
- Porridus: Reinhard Kohlert
- Octavia: Marie Bierstedt
- Nero (as a child): David Hellwig
- Poppaea: Victoria Sturm
- Tigellinus: Erich Räuker
- Pallas: Klaus Händl
- Paul of Tarsus: Otto Mellies
Film series
The film is the second part of a 6-part series, of which only two parts were made.
- Augustus - My Father the Emperor (2003)
- Nero: The Dark Side of the Force (2004)
Web links
- Nero - The dark side of the Force in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Information about the film (German)