The Degenerates (1969)

6.7/10 120 min Comedy Drama History

Overview

A series of bawdy and satirical episodes written during the reign of the emperor Nero and set in imperial Rome. Like the more famous version made by Federico Fellini, an adaptation of Petronius' Satyricon.

Cast

Tina Aumont

Circe

Don Backy

Encolpio

Mario Carotenuto

Eumolpo

Franco Fabrizi

Ascilto

Francesco Pau

Gitone

Ugo Tognazzi

Trimalchione

Valérie Lagrange

Trifena

Amerigo Tot

Lica - Trifena's husband

Graziella Granata

Antonia

Corrado Olmi

Seleuco

Clara Colosimo

Seleuco's Wife

Piero Gerlini

Abinna - Antonia's husband

Tito LeDuc

The Presenter at Trimalchione's

Paola Tedesco

Criside - Circe's handmaid

Augusta Di Vincenzi

Woman on Lica's ship (uncredited)

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