Fellini's Satyricon VHS

Encolpius is a Roman student who begins by arguing with his friend Ascyltus over the affections of androgynous youth Giton. Ascyltus wins, whereupon Encolpius embarks upon an odyssey, partaking in a drunken orgy and being kidnapped by a bisexual sea captain and his concubine. Encolpius eventually rejoins Ascyltus to visit a suicidal Roman couple, join in a plot to kidnap a "sacred" hermaphrodite, and much more. Loosely based on the book "Satyricon" by Gaius Petronius, the "Arbiter of Elegance" in the court of Nero, Federico Fellini wrote and directed this tongue-in-cheek hymn to the "glories" of pagan times via a bizarre journey through the decadence and debauchery of Nero's Rome.

Actors: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone, Mario Romagnoli
Directors: Federico Fellini
Writers: Federico Fellini, Bernardino Zapponi, Brunello Rondi, Petronius
Producers: Alberto Grimaldi
Format: Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
Language: Italian, Latin
Subtitles: English
Rated: R Restricted
Number of tapes: 1
Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
VHS Release Date: September 7, 1999
Run Time: 128 minutes