The work-shy, lazy Germanicus is taken to Rome by slave traders and sold straight to the nouveau riche Roman Tusnelda. He manages to escape, but only to end up in the next misery as a taster at the imperial court. When the emperor dies, he is arrested as an emperor's assassin and is to be thrown to the tigers in the arena.With the help of the black slave Saba, he manages to win the deadly fight and is proclaimed - against his will - the new emperor of the Roman Empire.His pragmatic ideas as a statesman explain why the Roman Empire ended so abruptly. At the side of Saba, who is elevated to empress, he returns to his home village of Sumpfing, where he now promises himself completely new perspectives ...
Gerhard Polt
as Germanikus
Gisela Schneeberger
as Tusnelda
Rufus Beck
as Prefect
Thiam Aïssatou
as Saba
Anke Engelke
as Mrs. Senator
Bernhard Hoëcker
as Roman Salesman
Hilmi Sözer
as Roman Slave Hunter
Manfred Lehmann
as Sejanus
Martin Schneider
as Figaro Nino
Tom Gerhardt
as Almosius
Moritz Bleibtreu
as Emperor Titus
Andreas Hofmann
as Bodo
