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Freddie Jones
Claudius
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Season 1
1968 | 6 Episodes
Season 1 of The Caesars premiered on Sep 22 1968
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A review by CinemaSerf
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Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Feb 23 2022
I've just seen this on DVD and it is a superb telling of the early days of the Roman Empire. We arrive at the conclusion of the reign of Augustus and focus on the rules of Tiberius (André Morell) and of his insane megalomanic nephew Caligula (Ralph Bates). Sonia Dresdel is suitably imperious as Augustus' wife Livia and Freddie Jones stands out too, as the supposed halfwit Claudius. I think it rather pointless comparing this series (6 hours & monochrome) with the later adaptation of Robert Graves' "I Claudius" books by the BBC (12 hours & colour) that covers a similar territory, but this is cert...
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Miniseries
Original Language
English
Keywords
- roman empire
- ancient rome
- miniseries
- political intrigue
- roman emperor
- history