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Augustus ( /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/;Classical Latin: [awˈɡʊstʊs]; Latin: Imperator Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD. Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar in 44 BC via his last will and testament, and between then and 27 BC was officially named Gaius Julius Caesar. In 27 BC the Senate awarded him the honorific Augustus ("the revered one"), and thus consequently he was Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus.
The young Octavius came into his inheritance after Caesar's assassination in 44 BC. In 43 BC, Octavian joined forces with Mark Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus in a military dictatorship known as the Second Triumvirate. As a triumvir, Octavian ruled Rome and many of its provinces. The triumvirate was eventually torn apart under the competing ambitions of its rulers: Lepidus was driven into exile, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Octavian's fleet under the command of Agrippa in 31 BC.
Mark Antony (Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N) (January 14, 83 BC – August 1, 30 BC) was a Roman politician and general. As a military commander and administrator, he was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother's cousin Julius Caesar. After Caesar's assassination, Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian (the future Augustus) and Lepidus, known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate.
The triumvirate broke up in 33 BC. Disagreement between Octavian and Antony erupted into civil war, the final war of the Roman Republic, in 31 BC. Antony was defeated by Octavian at the naval Battle of Actium, and in a brief land battle at Alexandria. He and his lover Cleopatra committed suicide shortly thereafter. His career and defeat are significant in Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.
A member of the Antonia clan (gens), Antony was born on January 14, 83 BC. He was the homonymous and thus presumably the eldest son of Marcus Antonius Creticus (praetor 74 BC, proconsul 73–71 BC) and grandson of the noted orator Marcus Antonius (consul 99 BC, censor 97–6 BC) who had been murdered during the Marian Terror of the winter of 87–6 BC.
Actors: Dragos Bucur (producer), Dorian Boguta (producer), Alexandru Papadopol (producer), Iulia Rugina (writer), Iulia Rugina (director), Iulia Rugina (editor), Ion Rusu (actor), Octavian Barbu (actor), Cosmina Soare (actress), Clara Vulpe (actress), Gloria Sauciuc (actress), Alin Calinescu (actor), Hamid Nicola Katrib (actor), Ilinca Cartoflea (actress), Malvina Cservenschi (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Gheorghe Visu (actor), Collin Blair (writer), Dragos Bucur (actor), Alexandra Marinescu (producer), Ovidiu Vacaru (editor), Jesús del Cerro (director), Monica Tatu (miscellaneous crew), Marius Galea (actor), Mirela Oprisor (actress), Juan Carlos Cuello (composer), Lucian Ifrim (actor), Alma Bacula (producer), Gabriela Ceuta (writer), Dana Rogoz (actress), Bogdan Raluca (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Ho Ho Ho2: A Family Lottery is a Christmas movie about Ema (Patricia Poslusnic), a child who still believes that dreams can come true. Ema lives in an orphanage run by Ioana (Andreea Marin Banica), a bitter woman who doesn't like children. One day, while the girl is playing in the orphanage's courtyard with her friends, she finds a lottery ticket. The good news is that she won the jackpot but unfortunately only an adult can claim the prize and the deadline expires in one week. Since she can't trust anybody, Ema decides to escape from the orphanage, find the ideal family to adopt her and cash out the cheque. Her friends and Vlad (Dragos Bucur), a police officer, help her with this adventure. This is when Ema realizes the true meaning of family and friendship.
Genres: Comedy, Family,Actors: Gilles Sacuto (producer), Aleksander Bednarz (actor), Miléna Poylo (producer), Denis Delcampe (producer), Jean-Paul Dermont (actor), Marie-Hélène Mora (editor), Roselyne Bellec (miscellaneous crew), Agata Buzek (actress), Barbara Kurzaj (actress), Olivier Gorce (writer), Pierre Baux (actor), Jean-Marc Moutout (director), Jean-Marc Moutout (writer), Yves Degen (actor), Justyna Pawlak (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Glynn Turman (composer), Harold Cannon (actor), Herb Freed (writer), Herb Freed (director), Herb Freed (producer), Danielle Nicolet (actress), Luke LaFontaine (actor), Dianna Miranda (actress), Fred Kennamer (producer), Francine Lapensée (actress), Wes Deitrick (actor), Marion Segal (editor), Marion Segal (writer), Marion Segal (producer), Keith Butler (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Billy Zane (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Sean Pertwee (actor), Nadim Sawalha (actor), David Schofield (actor), João Costa Menezes (actor), James Cosmo (actor), Bruce Payne (actor), Timothy Dalton (actor), Ralph Brown (actor), Art Malik (actor), Omid Djalili (actor), Robert Halmi Jr. (producer), Leonor Varela (actress),
Plot: Cleopatra, the famed Egyptian Queen born in 69 B.C., is shown to have been brought by Roman ruler Julius Caesar at age 18. Caesar becomes sexually obsessed by the 18 year old queen, beds her, and eventually has a son by her. However, his Roman followers and his wife are not pleased by the union. In fact, as Caesar has only a daughter by his wife, he had picked Octavian as his successor. The out-of-wedlock son of Cleopatra is seen to be a threat to his future leadership. Thus Brutus and other Roman legislators plot the assassination of Caesar. Caesar's loyal general, Marc Antony, and Octavian then divide up the Roman empire. Antony takes Egypt and soon takes up the affair with Cleopatra. However, Octavian soon launches an attack on Antony and ultimately defeats and mortally wounds him. Rather than permitting herself to be humiliated by Octavian, Cleopatra sends her son away to India and she commits suicide by permitting the deadly asp to bite her.
Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., adultery, ambush, ancient-egypt, ancient-rome, assassination, bare-breasts, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-novelActors: Don Murray (actor), Andrew Keir (actor), Wilfrid Lawson (actor), Patrick Troughton (actor), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Don Chaffey (director), Ann Skinner (miscellaneous crew), Percy Herbert (actor), Donald Houston (actor), Denis Shaw (actor), Adrienne Corri (actress), Bryan Marshall (actor), Peter Boita (editor), Scott McGinnis (actor), Anna Manahan (actress),
Plot: To honour her father's dying wish, Queen Salina shares the rule of Icena with Justinian, a fair and just Roman. This displeases the bloodthirsty Druids on one side and the more hard-line Romans on the other. As Salina and Justinian fall in love their enemies start to plot, and blood soon stains the green hills of Britain.
Keywords: 1st-century, ambush, ancient-rome, ancient-world, battle, betrayal, blade, blood, boar, body-paintActors: Otello Colangeli (editor), Yehia Chahine (actor), Mark Damon (actor), Franco Fantasia (actor), Arnoldo Foà (actor), Livio Lorenzon (actor), Alberto Lupo (actor), Shukry Sarhan (actor), Hassan Youssef (actor), Scilla Gabel (actress), Nino Milano (producer), Ferdinando Baldi (writer), Carlo Rustichelli (composer), Ferdinando Baldi (director), Adriana Spadaro (costume designer),
Plot: In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. When Petronius' daughter, Livia, newly-arrived from Rome, falls into his hands, El Kabir uses this opportunity to win her over to his side before releasing her to her father. Livia's efforts to promote peace, however, are thwarted, and only the arrival of Octavian Caesar can bring about a resolution to the troubled situation.
Keywords: action-hero, adventure-hero, ambush, ancient-rome, axe-fight, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, battle-axe, battlefieldActors: Shep Houghton (actor), Ferdinand Gottschalk (actor), Arthur Hohl (actor), Richard Alexander (actor), Lionel Belmore (actor), Jerry Frank (actor), Neal Hart (actor), George Bruggeman (actor), Edmund Burns (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), John Carradine (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), William Farnum (actor), Ian Keith (actor),
Plot: In 48 BC, Cleopatra, facing palace revolt in her kingdom of Egypt, welcomes the arrival of Julius Caesar as a way of solidifying her power under Rome. When Caesar, whom she has led astray, is killed, she transfers her affections to Marc Antony and dazzles him on a barge full of DeMillean splendor. But the trick may not work a third time...
Keywords: 1st-century-b.c., abduction, acrobat, ancient-egypt, ancient-rome, anger, army, asp, assassination, bargeActors: Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew), Herbert Moulton (director), Cecil B. DeMille (actor), Ian Keith (actor), Ian Keith (actor), David MacDonald (actor), Henry Wilcoxon (actor), Henry Wilcoxon (actor), Warren William (actor), Warren William (actor), Anne Bauchens (actress), Claudette Colbert (actress), Herbert Moulton (writer), Emily Barrye (actress), Ralph Jester (actor),
Plot: An audience is attending a screening of _Cleopatra (1934)_ (qv). The clock is turned back to show aspects of this production leading to its release. Pre-production included writing the script, casting, costume design, and sets designed and built. When production actually moves to the set, director 'Cecil B. DeMille' (qv) explains the filming of a particular scene, including the camera used and how that affects what one actually will see on the screen, and the direction of the cast, who includes 'Claudette Colbert (I)' (qv) in the title role. He also chats with his crew and their respective roles in filming. After filming, things move to post-production which include recording and adding the musical score. DeMille himself credits the final product to the many who participated.
Keywords: behind-the-scenes, director, filmmaking, narration, propActors: Robert Wiene (writer), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (writer), Friedrich Feher (actor), Jaque Catelain (actor), Robert Wiene (producer), Paul Hartmann (actor), Robert Wiene (director), Huguette Duflos (actress), Karl Forest (actor), Michael Bohnen (actor), Carmen Cartellieri (actress), Louis Nerz (writer), Theodor Bachrich (producer), Alfred Roller (costume designer), Hans Rouc (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy,