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Caligula and Messalina
ITALY · 1981

Caligula and Messalina

Frank Miller
Roman Empire Sexual Excess Political Corruption Violence and Brutality Power and Depravity
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Synopsis

When the deranged emperor Caligula falls for an insatiable gladiatrix, their reign launches a mind-bending bacchanal of torture, sodomy, incest, castration, and aroused livestock.

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