A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

(1966)

★ 6.1 IMDb · 129 votes

Genres: Music, Comedy, Romance

Year: 1966

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Richard Lester

Cast: Zero Mostel, Jack Gilford, Phil Silvers, Бастер Китон, Michael Crawford, Annette Andre, Michael Hordern, Leon Greene, Roy Kinnear, Alfie Bass

Plot

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Pseudolus (Zero Mostel) is the laziest slave in Rome, and has one wish, to purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day, he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Marcus Lycus (Phil Silvers), a slave dealer specializing in beautiful women. Pseudolus concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure the girl for young Hero (Michael Crawford). Of course, it can't be that simple as everything begins to go wrong.