Brot und Spiele – Wagenrennen im alten Rom (2019)
Sie waren die absoluten Superstars im alten Rom: Wagenlenker. Die Helden der Rennbahn, oft Sklaven, riskierten bei jedem Wettkampf ihr Leben. Nur wenige genossen die Siegesprämien bis ins hohe Alter. Anhand antiker Dokumente und Artefakte zeichnet der Dokumentarfilm die Biographie des wohl erfolgreichsten römischen Wagenlenkers Scorpus nach.
Die Regisseur: Jens Monath, Elena Mortelliti, Giulia Clark.
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Leart Docle as Domitian |
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Ognyan Baldzhyisky as Scorpus (young) |
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Georgi Gotsin as Scorpus |
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Christian Schult as Speaker |
| Production | Claudia Comprix | Producer |
| Production | Gabriel Georgiev | Line Producer |
| Sound | Giacomo Verrando | Sound |
| Writing | Giulia Clark | Writer |
| Writing | Jens Monath | Writer |
| Camera | Andrew Kemp | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Sascha Heyden | Assistant Camera |
| Editing | Chris Roots | Editor |
| Sound | Günter Haas | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Sylvia Assenova | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jens Monath | Director |
| Sound | Tim Hodge | Sound |
| Production | Cora Szielasko | Producer |
| Production | Bill Locke | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Hans Jakobi | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Ralf Schönwiese | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Elena Mortelliti | Director |
| Editing | Walter Freund | Editor |
| Production | Richard Bradley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elaine Campbell | Producer |
| Directing | Giulia Clark | Director |
| Art | Axel Nicolet | Set Designer |