Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor

Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor
Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Written by	Mario Amendola Alfonso Brescia Vittorio Vighi
Starring	Femi Benussi Don Backy
Cinematography	Franco Villa
Edited by	Vincenzo Vanni
Music by	Carlo Savina
Release date	1972 (1972)
Language	Italian

Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor (Italian: Poppea... una prostituta al servizio dell'impero) is a 1972 commedia sexy all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alfonso Brescia starring Femi Benussi and Don Backy.

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• Femi Benussi as Poppea
• Don Backy as Ottone
• Peter Landers as Savio
• Vittorio Caprioli as Nero
• Linda Sini as Agrippina
• Eva Czemerys as Virgin of Cappadocia
• Esmeralda Barros as Tortilla
• Howard Ross as Tigellino
• Giancarlo Badessi
• Mimmo Poli
• Nello Pazzafini
• Andrea Scotti
• Carla Mancini

The film was produced by Luis Film.^[1][2] As with other Alfonso Brescia productions of the time, it reuses scenes from other 1960s peplum films.^[2][3] According to screenwriter Vittorio Vighi, the Terence Hill and Bud Spencer duo was the inspiration for the characters played by Don Backy and Peter Landers.^[2]

The film was released in Italian cinemas on 21 November 1972.^[2]

Italian film critic Marco Giusti described it as funny and better than expected.^[2] According to Derek Elley, it is a film that "with its floating morality, picaresque leads, arena scenes, convenient baptism and final miracle, satirises the popular aspects of the [epic] genre".^[4] Paolo Mereghetti described it as "a failed attempt to mix a parody of the sword-and-sandal genre, the spaghetti western fistfights, and a bit of sexy comedy".^[3]

• Poppea: A Prostitute in Service of the Emperor at IMDb