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Director:
Carmine Gallone
Writers:
Carmine Gallone (story)
Pierre Laroche (dialogue)
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Release Date:
November 1954 (USA) more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
María Félix ... Messalina / Messaline (as Maria Felix)
Georges Marchal ... Caio Silvio / Caius Silvius
Memo Benassi ... Claudio / Claudius

Delia Scala ... Cinzia
Erno Crisa ... Timo / Timus
Carlo Ninchi ... Tauro / Taurus
Camillo Pilotto ... Ottavio / Octavius
Jean Tissier ... Mnester
Jean Chevrier ... Valerio / Valerius Asiaticus (as Jean Chevrier Sociétaire de la Comédie Française)
Germaine Kerjean ... Ismene (as Germaine Kerjean de la Comédie Française)
Ave Ninchi ... Locusta / Locuste
Michel Vitold ... Narciso / Narcissus
Luigi Almirante ... Il gioielliere / Le joallier
Cesare Barbetti ... Lucio / Lucius
Greta Gonda ... Giulia / Julia
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mesalina (Spain)
Messaline (France)
The Affairs of Messalina (USA)
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Runtime:
Italy:109 min | Spain:95 min | USA:116 min | West Germany:110 min
Country:
Italy | France | Spain
Language:
Italian | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Sweden:15 | West Germany:18

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A captivating Messalina..., 20 November 2006
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Author: ccmiller1492 (ccmiller1492@yahoo.com) from Fairfax, VA

Maria Felix in the title role is a captivating Messalina because she portrays this unlovely character with a full range of emotions...imperious and haughty, winsome and cajoling while cozening her dotard husband, needy and pleading with her main lover Caius Cilius (Georges Marchal), cold and calculating as she casually murders a young smitten boy, and ultimately terrified when her crafty machinations go awry and she is bereft of any friends or allies. Though taking great liberty with actual historical events, the film presents the most notorious woman in Roman history as a many-faceted complex person of deep and dark passions who comes to an ignominious end through her excesses and folly. And the magnificent Maria is up to the challenge, giving the best portrait of Messalina on screen to date. She ruthlessly pursues her treasonous agenda while "foolish" Emperor Claudius devotes his attention to one of his pet projects, dredging the silted-up port of Brindisi to free it for shipping.

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