Marcus Didius Falco must solve a murder set in Ancient Rome.
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Title: Age of Treason (TV Movie 1993)
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| Bryan Brown | ... |
Marcus Didius Falco
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| Matthias Hues | ... |
Justus
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| Art Malik | ... |
Pertinax
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| Anthony Valentine | ... |
Vespasian
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| Amanda Pays | ... |
Helena
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Patricia Kerrigan | ... |
Druida
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Richard D. Sharp | ... |
Petro
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| Sophie Okonedo | ... |
Niobe
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| Jamie Glover | ... |
Domitian
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Peter Jonfield | ... |
Simplex
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| Alan Shearman | ... |
Pollux
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| William Hootkins | ... |
Senator Garrus
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| Ian McNeice | ... |
Casca
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Shirley Stelfox | ... |
Cornelia
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Nabil Shaban | ... |
Juba
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It's 69AD in Rome and streetwise hustler Marcus Didius Falco gets caught up in the death of the son of a man close to the new emperor, Vespasian. Hired by the victim's sister to discover the truth, Falco and his newly acquired slave, the gladiator Justus, uncover plots involving a cult which reaches into the Imperial household. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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Una de romanos See more »Filming Locations:
Monastir, TunisiaEdit
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Lindsey Davis has publicly disowned the film on her website, stating that "It departed from everything that I think makes the books special." See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I'm a huge fan of Lindsey Davis' mystery series set in First Century Rome, and was really disappointed by this filmic conflation of several of her early Marcus Didius Falco novels. The primary flaw, which spoils anything good in the movie (and there IS some good stuff here) is the woeful miscasting of Bryan Brown as Falco. I've loved Brown in several other movies, but he isn't the guy for this role. Most especially distressing is his lower-class Aussie accent, which is completely wrong for Falco -- he could never have won the heart of a Senator's daughter talking like this!
It's really a shame, because the Falco series deserves a treatment like what the BBC provided for "I, Claudius." It's that good.