Germanikus 2004

Name: Germanikus
Released: 2004-03-26
Cast: Gerhard Polt, Gisela Schneeberger, Rufus Beck, Thiam Aïssatou, Anke Engelke

Synopsis:

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 ...

Directed by:	Hanns Christian Müller
Written by:	Franco Ferrini & Gerhard Polt & Hans Weth & Hanns Christian Müller
Release date:	2004-03-26
Runtime:	86 minutes
Tagline:	Aus den Tiefen des germanischen Waldes kommt ein Mann, der Rom das Fürchten lehrt!