Germanikus

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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 ...

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Creators

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Hanns Christian Müller

director

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Hans Weth

writer

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Hanns Christian Müller

writer

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Franco Ferrini

writer

Gerhard Polt

writer

Cast

Gerhard Polt actor

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Gisela Schneeberger actor Rufus Beck actor

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Aïssatou Thiam actor Anke Engelke actor Bernhard Hoëcker actor

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Hilmi Sözer actor

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Manfred Lehmann actor Martin Schneider actor Tom Gerhardt actor Moritz Bleibtreu actor

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Andreas Hofmann actor

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Irm Hermann actor

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Nikolaus Paryla actor Annette Frier actor

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Claudia Wipplinger actor

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Jessica Kosmalla actor

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Michael Schreiner actor

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Viktor Giacobbo actor

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Nadia Rinaldi actor