''Poppea's Hot Nights'' () is a 1969 Italian

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

set in

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

. It was written and directed by

Guido Malatesta Guido Malatesta (1919 – 14 June 1970), born in Gallarate, Italy, was a film director and screenwriter. He began working as a professional journalist. After he moved to Rome, he was drawn to cinema, as creator of treatments, then scriptwriter ...

and stars Olga Schoberová (credited as Olinka Berova) and Brad Harris in the main roles.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. .

Plot

Cast

* Olinka Berova as

Poppaea Sabina 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 ...

* Brad Harris as Claudius Valerius *

Gia Sandri ''Gia'' is a 1998 American biographical drama television film about the life and times of one of the first supermodels, Gia Carangi. The film stars Angelina Jolie as Gia and Faye Dunaway as Wilhelmina Cooper, with Mercedes Ruehl and Elizabeth ...

as Lucretia * Howard Ross as Marco * Femi Benussi as Livia * Sandro Dori as

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his ...

Daniele Vargas Daniele Vargas, stage name of Daniele Pitani (20 April 1922 – 26 April 1981) was an Italian film actor. Life and career Born in Imola, a small town in the district of Bologna, after attending high school with Pier Paolo Pasolini, Daniele ...

as Druso *

Carla Calò Carla Calò (21 September 1926 – 29 December 2019) was an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Palermo, Calò started her career on stage, notably starring in Luigi Squarzina's ''Il berretto a sonagli'', and also being active in dialec ...

as Calpurnia *

Nello Pazzafini Giovanni "Nello" Pazzafini (15 May 1933 – 9 January 1996) was an Italian actor who appeared in a very large number of Peplum film genre, Peplum movies, Spaghetti Westerns and Poliziotteschi. Life and career Born in Rome from parents originall ...

as Father Colonnius *

Tullio Altamura Tullio Altamura (born 18 July 1924) is an Italian actor, best known for his roles in spaghetti westerns and action films in the 1960s. Life and career Born in Bologna, the son of a career officer in the Italian army, Altamura grew up in Rome ...

Seneca the Younger Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger ( ; AD 65), usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoicism, Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature. Seneca ...

* Silvio Bagolini as Maestro Lepido *

Elisa Mainardi Elisa Mainardi (27 July 1930 – 8 May 2016) was an Italian stage, film, and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Mainardi studied at the acting school of Peter Sharoff, and debuted on stage in 1956, in Ottavio Spadaro's ''Corruz ...

as Dionisia *

Ignazio Balsamo Ignazio Balsamo (25 October 1912 – 7 August 1994) was an Italian film and stage actor. Life and career Born in Catania, Balsamo began his career on stage, being part of several Sicilian language theatrical companies. Discovered by Pietr ...

as Tarquinio * Demeter Bitenc as Tigellino *

Franco Pasquetto Franco may refer to: Name * Franco (name) * Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975 * Franco Luambo (1938–1989), Congolese musician, the "Grand Maître" * Franco of Cologne (mid to late 13th cent ...

as Leander *

Fortunato Arena Fortunato Arena (23 May 1922 – 7 March 1994) was an Italian stuntman and actor who appeared in more than one hundred films from 1954 to 1989. Selected filmography * '' Theodora, Slave Empress'' (1954) - Una guardia (uncredited) * ''Ben-Hur'' ...

as the Legionary *

Marco Tulli Marco Tulli (20 November 1920 – 20 March 1982) was an Italian character actor, probably best known in the role of "Smilzo" in the Don Camillo film series. Born in Rome, Tulli debuted as actor while he was still a university student, at the en ...

as the Priest *

Alberto Sorrentino Alberto Sorrentino (16 February 1916 – 31 January 1994) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 89 films between 1943 and 1988. Selected filmography * '' The Last Wagon'' (1943) - Un passante * '' I cadetti di Guascogna'' (1950) - Il c ...

as the Roman waiting for Drusilla

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* Italian historical comedy films 1969 comedy films 1969 films Films directed by Guido Malatesta Films set in ancient Rome Films set in the Roman Empire Depictions of Nero on film Cultural depictions of Poppaea Sabina Cultural depictions of Seneca the Younger 1960s Italian-language films 1960s Italian films 1960s historical comedy films Italian-language historical comedy films {{1960s-Italy-comedy-film-stub