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Messalina

Original title: Messalina Venere imperatrice
  • 1960
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
286
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Belinda Lee in Messalina (1960)
Drama

Scheming Messalina marries Roman Emperor Claudius but goes too far with a gladiator.Scheming Messalina marries Roman Emperor Claudius but goes too far with a gladiator.Scheming Messalina marries Roman Emperor Claudius but goes too far with a gladiator.

  • Director
    • Vittorio Cottafavi
  • Writers
    • Edmond Albou
    • Ennio De Concini
    • Mario Guerra
  • Stars
    • Belinda Lee
    • Spyros Fokas
    • Carlo Giustini
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    286
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Vittorio Cottafavi
    • Writers
      • Edmond Albou
      • Ennio De Concini
      • Mario Guerra
    • Stars
      • Belinda Lee
      • Spyros Fokas
      • Carlo Giustini
    • 7User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Belinda Lee
    Belinda Lee
    • Messalina…
    Spyros Fokas
    Spyros Fokas
    • Lucio Massimo
    • (as Spiros Focas)
    Carlo Giustini
    Carlo Giustini
    • Lusio Geta
    • (as Carlo Justini)
    Giancarlo Sbragia
    • Aulo Celso
    • (as Gian Carlo Sbragia)
    Giulio Donnini
    • Narciso
    Arturo Dominici
    Arturo Dominici
    • Caio Silio
    Ida Galli
    Ida Galli
    • Silvia
    • (as Arianna Galli)
    Marcello Giorda
    Marcello Giorda
    • Claudio
    Mino Doro
    Mino Doro
    • Sulpicio
    Annie Gorassini
    Annie Gorassini
    • Una cortigiana
    Aroldo Tieri
    • Pirgo Pollinice
    Giuliano Gemma
    Giuliano Gemma
    • Marcello
    Lia Angeleri
    • Vipidia
    Vittorio Congia
    Vittorio Congia
    • Ortotrago
    Paola Pitagora
    Paola Pitagora
    • La serva torturate di Messalina
    • (as Paola Gargaloni)
    Spartaco Nale
    • Tibuleno
    Vladimiro Picciafuochi
    • Fronteo
    • (as Vladimiro Fochi)
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    • Director
      • Vittorio Cottafavi
    • Writers
      • Edmond Albou
      • Ennio De Concini
      • Mario Guerra
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    • Trivia
      Belinda Lee : Peplum Actress (15 June 1935 - 12 March 1961) The English actress, Belinda Lee, who played Messalina, died on Monday night on the 12th March 1961 in a spectacular 100-mile-an-hour car crash. She was thrown 63 feet into the air when the back tyre blew, and the car skidded 900 feet and flipped over on its top. Three other people in the car, including her latest love, the Italian screen writer Guatiero Jacopetti, 39, suffered serious injuries in the crash near San Bernardino California, on the way to Los Angeles where she had been acting in a film. Her ashes were interred in the Non-Catholic Cemetery, (Cimetro a Cattolico) in Rome, Italy. She had previously attemped suicide in 1958 after her love affair with the Italian Prince Fillipo Orsini ended.
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    Messing about playing with Messalina.

    The screenplay itself is a Messalina mess:combining politics ,love,ambitions,crimes,persecutions of Christians (I thought they began during Nero's reign?),it may entertain you if you do not take it seriously.There's nothing "cultural" here as in Cottafavi's notorious "legioni di Cleopatra" (1960) where Linda Cristal(The queen of Egypt!) went to dance in Alexandria's taverns .

    Here,in a cheap junk antiquity, Belinda Lee is making it rough all over .But only the last scenes (the orgy turning into a slaughter)have something to do with cinema.A young Giuliano Gemma appears briefly as a killer who falls for the empress:he will lose his head! (in the literal and figurative senses )
    • dbdumonteil
    • Feb 3, 2006
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 1960 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • La emperatriz Messalina
    • Filming locations
      • Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Cineproduzione Emo Bistolfi
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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