Germanikus

The story

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 & crew

Gerhard PoltGermanikus

Gisela SchneebergerTusnelda

Rufus BeckPrefect

Aïssatou ThiamSaba

Anke EngelkeMrs. Senator

Bernhard HoëckerRoman Salesman

Hilmi SözerRoman Slave Hunter

Manfred LehmannSejanus

Martin SchneiderFigaro Nino

Tom GerhardtAlmosius

Moritz BleibtreuEmperor Titus

Andreas Hofmann

Andreas HofmannBodo