''Boudica'' (released in the United States as ''Warrior Queen'') is a 2003 British

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about the queen of the

Iceni The Iceni ( , ) or Eceni were an ancient tribe of eastern Britain during the British Iron Age, Iron Age and early Roman Britain, Roman era. Their territory included present-day Norfolk and parts of Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and bordered the ar ...

tribe,

Boudica Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brittonic languages, Brythonic * 'victory, win' + * 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh language, Welsh as , ) was a queen of the Iceni, ancient ...

. It stars

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and

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in her film debut.

Premise

, the Warrior Queen of Britain, leads her tribe into rebellion against the

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and the mad Emperor of Rome

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Production

The film used locations in the United Kingdom and Romania. The Boudica statue by Thomas Thornycroft near

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, was used for the film's closing scenes in modern-day London. In Romania, the MediaPro Studios, Bucharest, were used. The film has been released as ''A Rainha da Era do Bronze'' in Brazil, as ''La Reina de los guerreros'' in Argentina (video title) and as ''Warrior Queen'' in the United States. According to the movie, King Prasutagus of the Icenii died at about the same time as the Roman emperor Claudius. However, the latter died in 54 AD, while the former died in 61 AD.

Cast

as King

Prasutagus Prasutagus (died AD 60 or 61) was king of the Iceni, a British Celtic tribe who inhabited roughly what is now Norfolk, in the 1st century AD. He is best known as the husband of Boudica. Prasutagus may have been one of the eleven kings who surre ...

as Isolda * Leanne Rowe as Siora * Ben Faulks as Connach *

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as Dervalloc * Gary Lewis as Magior the Shaman * Alex Hassell as Roman Officer * James Clyde as Roman Sergeant * Angus Wright as Severus * Steve John Shepherd as Catus * Jack Shepherd as

Claudius Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus and Ant ...

* Gideon Turner as Didius *

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* Theodor Danetti as Master of Ceremonies * Cristina Serban as Iceni Mother * Alin Olteanu as Iceni Warrior * Emil Hostina as Arcon *

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as Ossac * Claudiu Trandafir as Roman Horseman * Ion Haiduc as Captain of the Guard * Nicodim Ungureanu as Roman Guard * Bogdan Dumitrescu as Roman Guard *

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Poppaea Poppaea Sabina (30 AD – 65 AD), also known as Ollia, was a Roman empress as the second wife of the emperor Nero. She had also been wife to the future emperor Otho. The historians of antiquity describe her as a beautiful woman who used intrig ...

* Jack Galloway as aide-de-camp to Suetonius *

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* Marian Iacob as Horribulus (uncredited) * Dorjn Zaharja as Tysonius (uncredited)

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