Germanikus

The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...

Cast

Gerhard Polt

Gisela Schneeberger

Rufus Beck

Aïssatou Thiam

Anke Engelke

Bernhard Hoëcker

Hilmi Sözer

Manfred Lehmann

Martin Schneider

Tom Gerhardt

Moritz Bleibtreu

Andreas Hofmann

Irm Hermann

Nikolaus Paryla

Annette Frier

Claudia Wipplinger

Jessica Kosmalla

Michael Schreiner

Viktor Giacobbo

Nadia Rinaldi

Alvaro Solar

Simone Luzi

Emilio De Marchi

Petra Reinhardt

Krassimir Ivanov

Daniele Ferretti

Franco Bertipaglia

Ettore Riccobono

Matteo Bilello

Rick Boyd

Roberto Cardone

Roberto D'Alessandro

Gianluca Del Mastro

Maria Cristina Maccà

Daniele Natali

Pietro Torrisi

Danilo Maria Valli

Giancarlo Viola

Taiyo Yamanouchi

Manuel Celani

Daniele Coletta

Raffaello Converso

Francesco Cutrona

Dylan D'Angelo

Vinicio Recchi

Vincenzo Suma

Antonio Spinnato