
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 ...

as Germanikus

as Tusnelda

as Prefect

as Saba

as Mrs. Senator

as Roman Salesman

as Roman Slave Hunter

as Sejanus

as Figaro Nino

as Almosius

as Emperor Titus

as Bodo

as Germanikus' Mother

as Sigurd

as Brunhilda

as Algunda

as Karin

as Manfred

as Notary

as Matrone

as Quintus Turbo

as Vizio

as Balsamico

as Ambitious Mother

as Ramses

as Phoenix

as Polyphem

as Driver

as Musculus

as Sklaven-Brenner

as Nomenclator

as Greek Philosopher

as Sycophant

as Woman at Snack Bar

as Presentator

as Thraker

as Majordomus

as Domitius Bulbo

as Asian

as Child at Snack Bar

as Hairdresser's Child

as Lyre Player

as Child Gladiator

as Damian

as Mathematician

as Guardsman

as Servant