director:
Derek Jarman
/
Paul Humfress
playwright:
Derek Jarman
/
Paul Humfress
/
James Whaley
actor:
Leonardo Treviglio
/
Barney James
/
Neil Kennedy
/
Richard Warwick
/
Donald Dunham
…
genre:
Drama
region:
United Kingdom
language:
Latin
length: 1h 26m
release date:
1976-12-17
(Release)
IMDb: tt0075177
overview
Rome, AD 303. Emperor Diocletian demotes his favourite, Sebastian, from captain of the palace guard to the rank of common soldier and banishes him to a remote coastal outpost where his fellow soldiers, weakened by their desires, turn to homosexual activities to satisfy their needs. Sebastian becomes the target of lust for the officer Severus, but repeatedly rejects the man's advances. Castigated for his Christian faith, he is tortured, humiliated and ultimately killed.