The early life of the Roman ruler Julius Caesar (up to the age 33) as told in three working prisons: Pollsmoor in Cape Town (South Africa), Cardiff Prison in Wales (United Kingdom) and the Brotherhood Lodge Penitentiary in Alberta (Canada). The cast contains a small group of superb professional actors, led by Sir Derek Jacobi and John Kani, together with hundreds of prisoners, some taking leading parts, together forming an unrivalled ensemble telling the tumultuous story of one of history’s foremost personalities. Young Julius Caesar. His Rome is a prison. In order to survive he seduces, he borrows, he kills. But Rome’s fat cats will back him only so far. The drug dealers, the pirates and the gangs all want his blood… The prisoner who finally at the age of 51 becomes “dictator in perpetuity”. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 7.7/10 | |
Released: | October 19, 2012 | |
Runtime: | 90 min | |
Genres: | Drama History | |
Companies: | Corinth Films | |
Cast: | Derek Jacobi Alice Krige John Kani Warren Adler | |
Crew: | Paul Schoolman | |
hellsingfan01 : Yes it even says to be continued at the end of the film as well.