The Imitation Game
2014 · History · Drama
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Film / 1976
Sebastiane
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
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Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.
Cast
Leonardo TreviglioSebastian
Barney JamesSeverus
Neil KennedyMax
Richard WarwickJustin
Donald DunhamClaudius
Ken HicksAdrian
Janusz RomanovAnthony
Steffano MassariMarius
Daevid FinbarJulian
Gerald IncandelaLeopard Boy
Robert MedleyDiocletian
Lindsay KempDancer
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Pamela RookeMadame Morgana, Emperor's Guest
Nell CampbellEmperor's Guest
Patricia QuinnEmperor's Guest
Peter HinwoodEmperor's Guest
Philip SayerEmperor's Guest
Charlotte BarnesEmperor's Guest
Nicholas de JonghEmperor's Guest
Duggie FieldsEmperor's Guest
Christopher HobbsEmperor's Guest
Andrew LoganEmperor's Guest
Johnny RoszaEmperor's Guest
Rufus BarnesEmperor's Guest
Sally CampbellEmperor's Guest
Graham CrackerEmperor's Guest
Michael DavisEmperor's Guest
Joan de Vere HuntEmperor's Guest
Guy FordEmperor's Guest
Gerlinde KostiffEmperor's Guest
Michael KostiffEmperor's Guest
Ulla Larson-StylesEmperor's Guest
Alasdair McGawEmperor's Guest
Luciana MartínezRoman Matron
Eric RobertsExecutioner
Norman RosenthalEmperor's Guest
Johnny RozsaEmperor's Guest
John Scarlett-DaviesEmperor's Guest
Rae Spencer-CullenEmperor's Guest
Volker StokesEmperor's Guest
Thilo von WatzdorfEmperor's Guest
Harald WaistnageEmperor's Guest
Kevin WhitneyEmperor's Guest
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