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  • Néron: Plaidoyer pour un monstre (2016)
  • TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary
Néron: Plaidoyer pour un monstre (2016)
TV Movie | 90 min | Documentary
Nero is synonymous with the mad tyrant. Ancient historians Mischa Meier and Claudia Tiersch and church historian Christoph Markschies deliver arguments towards the thesis that such a Nero never existed: This is a new interpretation of ...See moreNero is synonymous with the mad tyrant. Ancient historians Mischa Meier and Claudia Tiersch and church historian Christoph Markschies deliver arguments towards the thesis that such a Nero never existed: This is a new interpretation of Nero's rule. Another novelty is visual: The actors act in the middle of ancient Rome - with the help of computerized reconstructions. This documentary depicts Nero as a victim of ancient chroniclers that were part of the aristocracy: They took revenge on the emperor for his deprivation of power of the Roman elite. The documentary chronicles Nero's life. He was the son of his power-thirsty mother Agrippina, more and more coming into conflict with her. The matricide presents itself as the last resort of dynastic politics. This crime is analyzed in the light of Nero's time, and Nero's personal skills and deficits are discussed at length. He emerges as a ruler who never, even during his own lifetime, fulfilled the elites' expectations of "good emperor-ship" - but mainly for other reasons then hitherto known: They were confused by his artistic ambitions and they despised his refusal to attend gladiatorial matches or engage in military expansion. Nero governed a society with different norms and laws in which cruelty was a convention and the murder of family members was a legitimate means of politics. See less
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Composer
Michael Dees
Editor
Timm Westen
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Updated Nov 19, 2016
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Nov 19, 2016 (Germany)

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8 cast members
Name Known for
Kay Brune
Self - Pharmacologist Self - Pharmacologist   See fewer
Néron: Plaidoyer pour un monstre (2016)
Karl-Heinz Leven
Self - Medical Historian Self - Medical Historian   See fewer
Markus Lanz (2008)
Christoph Markschies
Self - Church Historian Self - Church Historian   See fewer
Mythos Byzanz (2015)
Mischa Meier
Self - Historian, Specialist in Ancient History Self - Historian, Specialist in Ancient History   See fewer
Mythos Byzanz (2015)
Simon Roden
Narrator Narrator   See fewer
Beowulf: The Game (2007)
Claudia Tiersch
Self - Historian, Specialist in Ancient History Self - Historian, Specialist in Ancient History   See fewer
Néron: Plaidoyer pour un monstre (2016)
Pope Francis
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Francesco (2020)
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
Embezzled Heaven (1958)
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