Messalina

5.6

Italy

Drama

96 min

1960

Belinda Lee Vittorio Congia Paola Pitagora Mimmo Poli Bruno Scipioni Benito Stefanelli Calisto Calisti Bruna Cealti Alberto Plebani Roberto Caporali Lia Angeleri Giuliano Gemma Aroldo Tieri Spiros Focás Giancarlo Sbragia Carlo Giustini Arturo Dominici Ida Galli Giulio Donnini Marcello Giorda Mino Doro Annie Gorassini Alfio Caltabiano

Messalina was the Roman noblewoman who inveigled ageing emperor Claudio into marriage. Once ensconced on the throne, Messalina launched a reign of terror that shook the empire to its very foundations. The subject of countless film treatments, Rome's most villified empress is herein played by British actress Belinda Lee.