Caligula
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Country | Italy, United States |
| Director | Tinto Brass |
| Cast | Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud |
| Genre | Historical drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Caligula | – |
| Español | Calígula | Calígula |
| Français | Caligula | – |
| Deutsch | Caligula | – |
| Português | Calígula | Calígula |
| Italiano | Caligola | Caligola |
| Русский | Калигула | Kaligula |
| 中文（简体） | 卡里古拉 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 卡里古拉 | – |
| 한국어 | 칼리굴라 | Kalligulla |
| ไทย | Caligula | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Caligula | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Caligula | – |
| 日本語 | カリギュラ | Karigyura |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which absolute power and moral dissolution collide within an imperial order without restraint.
■ Synopsis
A Roman emperor’s ascent turns sovereign authority into excess, cruelty, and institutional collapse.
■ RECIPE Tags
#PowerCorruption #ImperialDecay #UnrestrainedAuthority #MoralCollapse
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Power without restraint
Reason: Authority is detached from moral, legal, and relational limits.
Related Film: The Last Emperor - Middle: Sovereignty as spectacle
Reason: Rule becomes theatrical domination in which bodies, loyalty, and fear are publicly consumed.
Related Film: Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Core: Empire as decay
Reason: Political order collapses inward when power becomes indistinguishable from appetite.
Related Film: The Damned
■ Secondary Axes
- Court as corruption system: The ruling center becomes a closed structure of fear, indulgence, and betrayal.
Related Film: The Favourite - Tyranny and succession: Personal madness becomes institutional danger when rule depends on bloodline and force.
Related Film: Macbeth
■ Person
- Director: Tinto Brass
- Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren, Peter O’Toole, John Gielgud
■ Structural Tags
#AbsoluteRule #CourtDecay #PowerExcess
■ Attribute Tags
#Italy #UnitedStates #1980Film #HistoricalDrama
