If you got to this page without having read the Caligula saga, you need to click here
Click here to return to the main Tinto Brass page
|
| Art director | Danilo Donati |
| Assistant costumer | Gloria Musetta [uncredited] |
| Construction Foreman | Il Marinese [uncredited] |
| Director of Photography | Silvano Ippoliti |
| Film editor | Nino Baragli [under the supervision of Giancarlo Lui] |
| Production manager | Mario di Biase |
| Original music by | Paul Clemente (Some business correspondence indicates that this is a pseudonym for Bruno Nicolai; but the production documents indicate that this is a pseudonym for another well-known composer, who shall remain nameless for now. We’ll publish more only when we’re certain about the identity of this mysterious “Paul Clemente.”) |
| Original unused music score | Fiorenzo Carpi [uncredited] |
| Musical excerpts | • Spartacus by Aram Khatchaturian • Romeo and Juliet by Sergeí Prokofiev • Cinderella by Sergeí Prokofiev • Spartan War by John Leach (a/k/a Janos Lehar, “Britain’s leading cymbalom player”; you can learn nearly nothing about him at DeWolfe Music and at The Sound Library; and take a look at this: Tales of Mystery and Imagination!) • Ben-Hur by William Axt, Maurice Baron, and David Mendoza (if you know which pieces of music in Caligula derived from this silent-movie score, please write to me right away! Thanks!) |
| Original screenplay by | Gore Vidal [credited as “Adapted from an original screenplay by”] |
| Additional dialogue by | Tinto Brass [uncredited], Malcolm McDowell [uncredited], Ted Whitehead [uncredited], and at least one other writer [uncredited], who based their ideas in part on concepts from Roberto Rossellini’s treatment for the unmade Caligola (1967) [uncredited] |
| Italian Dialogue Adapted by | Masolino d’Amico [for the 1979 Italian version, Caligola] |
| Produced by | Bob Guccione and Franco Rossellini |
| Directed by | Tinto Brass [credited only with “Principal Photography”] |
| Assistant to Tinto Brass | Massimo Spano [uncredited] |
| Tinto Brass’s Assistant Editors | Fulvia Armanni, Elsa Armanni, Claudio Maimone, Massimo Spano, and Stuart Urban [all uncredited] |
| Brief Inserts Directed by | Giancarlo Lui and Bob Guccione |
| Director of Post-Production | Giancarlo Lui |
| Unit Manager | Sergio Galliano |
| Sound Engineer | Claudio Maielli |
| Dialogue Director | Louise Vincent |
| Script Continuity | Carla Cipriani |
| Make-Up | Giuseppe Banchelli, Maurizio Trani [uncredited] |
| Hair Stylist | Jole Cecchini |
| First Assistant Director | PierNico Solinas |
| Second Assistant Directors | Gianni Michelagnoli Giovanni Soldati Luca Ronchi Fabrizio Pisaneschi Luigi Attardi [all uncredited] |
| Casting directors | Paolo Heusch, Roberto Tatti |
| Choreographers | Tito Leduc, Pino Pennesi |
| Crowd Marshal | Filippo “Pippo” Spoletini [uncredited] |
| Adjunct Production Manager | Mario Basili [uncredited] |
| Production Inspectors | Augusto Marabelli [uncredited] and Sandro Mattei [uncredited] |
| Special Effects | Franco Celli, Marcello Coccia |
| Architects | Giovanni Natalucci, Franco Velchi |
| Set Dresser | Luigi Urbani |
| Wardrobe Mistress | Gloria Picone Mussetta |
| Wardrobe Master | Gregorio Simili |
| Master of Properties | Gianpiero Grassi |
| Supervising Sound Editor | Winston Ryder |
| Camera Operator | Enrico Sasso [uncredited] |
| Assistant Camera Operators | Alessio Gelsini [uncredited] and Calì Said [uncredited] |
| Key Grip | Quirino Fantauzzi [uncredited] |
| Dialogue Editor | Archie Ludski |
| Sound Editor | Roger Van Engel |
| Assistant editor | Peter Krook [assisted with both Russell Lloyd’s and Nino Baragli’s teams] |
| Dubbing Mixers | Gerry Humphreys, Robin O’Donoghue |
| Technical Equipment | CineNoleggio |
| Costume Rental | Ferani Veste |
| Shoes | L.C.P. di Pompei |
| Wigs | Rocchetti-Carboni |
| Props | Rancate of Sormani |
| Gastronomical Consultant | Giuseppe Maffioli [uncredited] |
| Head Metalworker | Beppe Cancellara [uncredited] |
| Accounting | Soc. G.E.S.C.A. spa |
| Financial Controller | Gerald Kreditor [uncredited] |
| Chief Accountant | Marcello Romeo [uncredited] |
| Unit Photographer | Mario Tursi |
| Special Photographers | Eddie Adams, Jerry Bauer, Stan Malinowski, Claudio Patriarca |
| Unit Publicists | Walter Alford, Maria Ruhle |
| Assistant to the Producers | Leslie Jay |
| Re-Recorded at | Twickenham Film Studios, London |
| Filmed at | Dear Studios, Rome, Italy |
| Executive Producer | Jack H Silverman [uncredited] |
| Secretary to the Executive Producer | Susan French [uncredited] |
| Copyright © 1979 | Penthouse Films International, Ltd [the official copyright papers were not filed until 1980] |
| Territorial Sales | Don Getz, London [uncredited] |
| World Première | Cannes, France, May 1979 |
| Distributed by | PAC (Produzioni Atlas Cinematografica, Italy), Analysis Film Releasing Corporation (USA), GTO Films (UK), Stockholm Film (Sweden), Fram Films (Norway), Independent Artists Company (1999 US re-release) |
| Negative Format | 35mm Eastmancolor, parts are 1:1.85 and parts are 1:1.66 composed for projection at 1:1.85 |
| Release-Print Format in the US | 1:2.00 |
| Sound Format | Optical Monaural (Remastered as Dolby Digital 5.1 for the 1999 re-release) |
| Running Times | Première, May 1979: 210 min (allegedly) Italy, Nov 1979: 150 min US, 1 Feb 1980: 156 min UK, 30 Oct 1981: 149 min US, 23 Oct 1981: 103 min Italy, 1984: 123 min |
| THE CAST | |
| Gaius Germanicus Julius Cæsar “Caligula” Cæsar | Malcolm McDowell |
| Drusilla | Teresa [Thérèse] Ann Savoy |
| Macro | Guido Mannari (dubbed by Patrick Allen) |
| Nerva | John Gielgud |
| Tiberius | Peter O’Toole |
| Claudius | Giancarlo Badessi |
| Gemellus | Bruno Brive |
| Ennia | Adriana Asti |
| Charicles | Leopoldo Trieste |
| Chærea | Paolo Bonacelli |
| Longinus | John Steiner |
| Livia | Mirella D’Angelo |
| Cæsonia | Helen Mirren |
| Proculus | Donato Placido [a.k.a. Gerardo Amato] |
| Executioner | Eolo Capritti [uncredited] |
| Mnester | Richard Parets |
| Suburra Singer | Paula Mitchell [a.k.a. Pola Muzyka] |
| “The Little Giant” (Caligula’s mute mascot) | Osiride Pevarello |
| Messalina | Anneka di Lorenzo |
| Agrippina | Lori Wagner |
| OTHERS IN THE CAST | |
| A High Priest | Eduardo Bergara Leumann[uncredited] |
| High Priestess of Isis | Maria Cumani Quasimodo [uncredited] |
| Priestesses of Isis | Jane Hargrave and others [all uncredited] |
| Guests at Proculus and Livia’s wedding | John Francis Lane and others [all uncredited] |
| Priest | Giuseppe Maffioli [uncredited] |
| Homosexual Guards | Caramella and Belladonna [uncredited] |
| Ladies-in-Waiting | Kris Petersson and others [uncredited] |
| Also Appearing | Pino Ammendola Carolyn Patsis Bonnie Dee Wilson Claudio Aliotti and hundreds of others [all uncredited] (Please contact me if you can identify any of them. Thanks!) |
| Extras Aboard the Imperial Bordello (appeared only in Guccione’s inserts) | Valerie Rae Clark Juliet Morris Henrietta Kellogg Susanne Saxon Signe Berger and others [all uncredited] |
Click here to read about the legendary 210-minute version of Caligula
Click here to read what the performers had to say about Caligula
Click here to read excerpts from critical reviews of Caligula
Click here to read about the various video editions of Caligula
Click here to see our Caligula bibliography
Click here to see our continue to the next chapter (post-Caligula)