Ascending to the imperial throne (in 37 A.D., at just twenty-five years old), Caligula succeeded his adoptive grandfather Tiberius and remained there until his death, less than four years later. A brief reign but marked by an endless series of violence, cruelty, murders, orgies, incest, and unspeakable extravagances.

Sex and violence in a scandalous film that made history. Criticized, destroyed, renounced, seized, and the subject of disputes between Brass and Guccione, it remains one of the most infamous cult films ever made. Malcolm McDowell stars as Caligula, fresh off the triumphant success of Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange.