Messalina, Empress of Rome (1977)
"Messalina, Messalina!" (original title)

Director:

Bruno Corbucci

Writers:

Mario Amendola (screenplay), Bruno Corbucci (story)

Stars:

Anneka Di Lorenzo, Vittorio Caprioli, Giancarlo Prete

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anneka Di Lorenzo	...	Messalina
Vittorio Caprioli	...	Claudius
Giancarlo Prete	...	Gaius Silius
Lori Wagner	...	Agrippina (as Lory Kay Wagner)
Raf Luca
Bombolo
Pino Ferrara
Salvatore Borghese
Alessandra Cardini
Luca Sportelli
Ombretta De Carlo
Primo Marcotulli
Viviana Larice
Lino Toffolo
Tomas Milian	...	Baba

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

sex | gore | nudity | italian sex comedy | unofficial sequel | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

11 August 1977 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Caligula II: Messalina, Messalina

Filming Locations:

Dear Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Medusa Distribuzione

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Even though this film came out two years earlier, Caligula was in fact completed first.

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Goofs

When the fly is buzzing around in front of the Roman guard's face (just before he eats it), if you look carefully, as it flies in front of his face, you can barely see the string holding up the fake fly being dangled in front of the actor's face.

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Caligula II: Messalina, Messalina (2011)

User Reviews

Oh woe is me!

I like 1970s sexploitation like the best of them. Nudity, violence, an historic setting, a baseline plot ....all supposed to be here. The boxing and the reviews therefore led me to rip open the DVD box "Messalina" and "Messalina 2" with some excitement.

Sadly this flick just flatlines. It is a series of poorly connected scenes with an occasional soft-core pop up thrown in. The nudity is actually very modest. There is no violence (contextural or gratuitous)- only a jarring comical edge. There has been reasonable expenditure on sets for this sort of flick- but this is no Malcolm McDowell's Caligula. It is an historical and cinematic rag n' bone sale.

Frankly my dears I would give this a wide berth......