SYNOPSIS
The Emperor Caligola is overcome by madness. He kills his sister Agrippina‘s husband, exile the woman and leave the little Nero to his aunt Domizia, who delegates her nephew’s education to the slaves in her service. Among them, the little Nero becomes a man and falls in love with Atte. Years go by, Caligola is killed and Claudio succeedes him. Claudio decides to put an end to Agrippina’s undeserved exile. Therefore, Nero can embrace his mother again.
But now Agrippina has olny one clear aim: his son will have to become an emperor. In order to achieve her goal, she makes different crimes and Nero, against his will, becomes the Emperor.
Year: 2004
Format: Miniseries 2×90′
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Co-production: Rai Fiction, Lux Vide, Eos Entertainment, Rai Trade, Nero Production in association with Blue Star Movies, LuxVide GmbH, Quinta Communication, Carthago Film
Average viewers: 7.154.000
Average share: 27,29%
Cast
| Nerone | Hans Matheson |
| Agrippina | Laura Morante |
| Atte | Rike Schmid |
| Seneca | Matthias Habich |
| Domizia | Angela Molina |
| Poppea | Elisa Tovati |
| Messalina | Sonia Aquino |
| Britannico | Francesco Venditti |
| Nerone bambino | James Bentley |
| Ezio | Jochen Horst |
| Ottavia | Vittoria Puccini |
| Claudio | Massimo Dapporto |
| Caligola | John Simm |
Crew
| Produced by | Luca Bernabei |
| Directed by | Paul Marcus |
| Screenplay | Paul Billing, Francesco Contaldo |
| Story editor | Francesco Arlanch |
| Editor | Alessandro Lucidi |
| Casting Italy | Chiara Meloni |
| Music | Andrea Guerra |
| Costumes designer | Paolo Scalabrino |
| Production Designer | Carmelo Agate |
| Director of Photography | Giovanni Galasso |
| Set Director | Nello Giorgetti |
| Executive producer | Salvatore Morello |