Cast & Crew

Directed by

Carmine Gallone

Writing Credits

Carmine Gallone
(story) &
Vittorio Nino Novarese
(screenplay) (as V.N. Novarese) &
Albert Valentin
(screenplay) &
Pierre Laroche
(dialogue) &
Cesare Lodovici
(dialogue) (as C.V. Lodovici)
Tacitus
(based on the writings of) &
Lucio Anneo Seneca
(based on the writings of) &
Suetonius
(based on the writings of) &
Marcus Valerius Martialis
(based on the writings of) &
Juvenal
(based on the writings of)

Cast

María Félix
Messalina / Messaline (as Maria Felix)
Georges Marchal
Caio Silvio / Caius Silvius
Memo Benassi
Claudio / Claude
Delia Scala
Cinzia
Erno Crisa
Timo / Timus
Carlo Ninchi
Tauro / Taurus
Camillo Pilotto
Ottavio / Octave
Jean Tissier
Mnester
Jean Chevrier
Valerio / Valerius Asiaticus
Germaine Kerjean
Ismene
Ave Ninchi
Locusta / Locuste
Michel Vitold
Narciso / Narcissus
Giuseppe Varni
Pallante
Luigi Almirante
Il gioielliere / Le joallier
Lamberto Picasso
L'astrologo / L'astrologue
Gino Saltamerenda
Il gestore del lupanare / Le tenacier du lupanar
Cesare Barbetti
Lucio / Lucius
Achille Majeroni
Appolonio / Appolonius (as Achille Majaroni)
Giovanna Galletti
La cristiana / La chrétienne
Giulio Battiferri
Marco / Marcus (uncredited)
Sergio Bergonzelli
(uncredited)
Maria Bernardini
(uncredited)
Walter Brandi
(uncredited)
Livia Cordaro
(uncredited)
Alma De Río
(uncredited)
Carlo Duse
(uncredited)
Giuliana Farnese
Arena Spectator
Pasquale Fasciano
Un ceffo della suburra / Un malfrat des bas-quartiers (uncredited)
Armando Furlai
(uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Conspirator
Greta Gonda
Giulia / Julia (uncredited)
Nino Javert
(uncredited)
Guglielmo Leoncini
(uncredited)
Elena Leone
(uncredited)
Pino Locchi
(uncredited)
Lia Murano
Una ancella / Une servante (uncredited)
Elsa Pavani
(uncredited)
Alberto Plebani
(uncredited)
Antonino Randazzo
(uncredited)
Ugo Sasso
(uncredited)
Roberto Spiombi
(uncredited)
Bruno Tocci
(uncredited)
Darix Togni
(uncredited)
Pietro Tordi
Un ceffo della suburra / Un malfrat des bas-quartiers (uncredited)
Amedeo Trilli
Il guardia del carcere / Le gardien de la prison (uncredited)

Produced by

Carmine Gallone
producer
Cesáreo González
producer (uncredited)

Music by

Renzo Rossellini

Cinematography by

Anchise Brizzi

Editing by

Niccolò Lazzari
(as Nicolò Lazzari)

Production Design by

Gastone Medin

Art Direction by

Vittorio Nino Novarese
(as Professor V.N. Novarese)

Set Decoration by

Gastone Medin

Costume Design by

Vittorio Nino Novarese
(as V.N. Novarese)
Anna Maria Feo
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Raimondo Van Riel
makeup artist

Production Management

Gualberto Bagnoli
production supervisor
Carlo Bugiani
production manager
Giulio Fiaschi
production manager
Livio Pavanelli
unit manager
Jacques Plante
production manager (as Jacques Planté)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Dagmar Bolin
assistant director
Franco Cirino
assistant director (as F. Cirino Pomicino)
Carlo Duse
assistant director
Jean-Marc Paulin
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Luben Christoff
assistant set decorator
Ugo Pericoli
property master
Italo Tomassi
head scenic painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

Giuseppe Picistrelli
sound
Umberto Picistrelli
sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department

Alberto Fusi
camera operator
Ettore Pesce
still photographer

Script and Continuity Department

Carla Gervasi
script supervisor

Additional Crew

Viola Heermann
choreographer (as Sigra Viola Heermann)
Nicodemo Tommaso
gladiator fights
Marino Vaccà
production secretary
Giovanna Scotto
italian voice dubbing: Giovanna Galletti (uncredited)
Lydia Simoneschi
italian voice dubbing: Maria Felix (uncredited)
All Filters