I, Claudius

(1976)

★ 7.8 IMDb · 140 votes

Genres: Drama, Война и Политика

Year: 1976

Runtime: 55 мин

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Martin Lisemore, Herbert Wise, Jack Pulman

Cast: Дерек Якоби

Plot

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

Rome, 1st Century AD. Aging Emperor Claudius is writing the history of his family. He starts his recollections before he was born with the court of his grandfather Caesar Augustus. He then chronicles the goings-on in the imperial court, especially the plots and murderous machinations, that brought him to this point.