I CLAUDIUS PART 2 (1991)

HERBERT WISE

Literary Classics Empire 1st - 9th Centuries Incest Politics Roman Drama Television Biopic True Stories Comedy Recommended

Cast

BRIAN BLESSED DEREK JACOBI ROBERT GRAVES JOHN HURT SIAN PHILLIPS GEORGE BAKER PATRICK STEWART MARGARET TYZACK IAN OGILVY FRANCES WHITE PATRICIA QUINN DAVID ROBB FIONA WALKER JOHN CASTLE JAMES FAULKNER STRATFORD JOHNS JOHN RHYS-DAVIES BETH MORRIS SAM DASTOR

Plot

A caustic and often funny romp set 24 BC during the reign of Augustus Caesar, Rome's first emperor, and ends in AD 54 with Nero on the throne. Claudius (Jacobi) is Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, grandson of Mark Antony, who bears witness to the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue of his remarkable family. For the most part he escapes their evil scheming by virtue of a stutter and limp that mark him as a fool. A remarkable, ground-breaking series, with towering performances from the likes of Jacobi, Blessed, Hurt, Stewart and Phillips. The running time is 648 mins and if you have never seen this before, do!