For some, he is the murderer of the Roman Republic. There he was called Octavian. With the honorary name Augustus, he is the founder of the Roman Empire and celebrated as the “Emperor of Peace”. A man with two names and two faces. From his family not only his daughter was murdered. For he had a maxim: there can be only one Caesar. And Livia at his side added: And only one empress.
WRITER: Christian Feyerabend DIRECTOR: Christian Feyerabend, Stefan Ludwig, Christian Twente CAST: Franz Froschauer (Kaiser Augustus), Konstanze Breitebner (Livia), Mateusz Dopieralski (Octavian), Timo Isik (Antonius) CAMERA: Roland Breitschuh, Philipp Kaiser, Martin Christ EDITOR: Daniel Hamersky, Alexander Strauss SOUND: Franz Moritz, Ralf Grohmann COSTUME DESIGNER: Markus Kuscher, Sandra Schmidt MUSIC: Christof Unterberger NARRATOR: Mercedes Echerer COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Peter Allenbacher (ZDF/arte), Friedrich Scherer (ZDF), Caroline Haidacher (ORF)