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A Roman Orgy (French: L'orgie romaine), also known as Heliogabalus (French: Héliogabale), is a 1911 French short historical drama film directed by Louis Feuillade for Société des Etablissements L. Gaumont. It features Jean Aymé [fr] as the lecherous Emperor Elagabalus (Heliogabalus) who sets a pride of lions on an unfortunate slave. It also stars Louise Lagrange, Luitz-Morat, Renée Carl, Edmond Bréon, and Léonce Perret. The film was released on 24 November 1911. The Dutch Film Museum has a copy of the film.

References

1. ^ Icks, Martijn (2011). The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor. I.B.Tauris. p. 241. ISBN 978-1-84885-362-1.
2. Cyrino, Monica S. (6 February 2013). Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-137-29960-4.
3. "L'orgie romaine". Silentera.com. Retrieved 6 November 2014.

External links

• A Roman Orgy at IMDb
• The Roman Orgy (1911) on YouTube

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