ma-cortes 'Vercingetorix (2001)' or Druids by Jacques Dorffman is a so-so recounting about Caesar and Vercingetorix , it boasts a nice cast with Chistopher Lambert , Ines Sastre and Klaus Maria Brandauer . This is an inferior Sword and Sandals tale and a standard film from the 2000s . It's made middling scale with some spectacular battles and in Peplum style .Young Vercingetorix (Chistopher Lambert) came of age in 60 B.C., as soldiers of the Roman Empire ran roughshod over Gaul and his brave father was imprisoned and fired alive by Romans , then he seeks vendetta , as every battle needs a hero . A wise and philosophical druid called Guttuart (Max Von Sidow) , tells the avenger Vercingetorix that he should seek peace , justice and vengeance by winning freedom for Gaul from the Romans. It concerns about angry Vercingetorix and conqueror Julius Caesar and their famous existence on Gaul , including feats , fights , political events , betrayal , wars and lover (Ines Sastre) . Vercingetorix provokes a general rebellion against Roman domination , he rallies his people and tribes when they are threatened by an army commanded by Julius Caesar (Klaus Maria Brandauer) , as an entire nation's destiny lies in the hands of one man. His people made hima leader, the empire made him a renegade , history made him a hero.Although the deeds described are historically inaccurate , some events are vivid and authentic . The action is regularly done with middling interpretations and the story occasionally drags for an uneven script by Rospo Pallenberg who previously wrote Excalibur , however to be liked for Christopher Lambert fans . The picture is partially based on real events . These are the followings : Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix (dead at 46 b.c) was an insightful and heroic warrior , whose valiant father was captured and executed by Romans , he was leader a massive rebellion against Roman domination . He seeks peace ,order , justice and victory by winning freedom for Gaul from the invaders Romans , and soon he raises an army of his own to defeat Julius Caesar , but in time Vercingetorix is betrayed by a great leader and he joins a powerful army to vanquish Caesar and bring Guttuart's prophesy to life. Vercingetorix was definitely defeated in Alesia , where took place a long siege . He was taken prisoner and led to Rome . Then he's coerced to a handcuffed parade throughout the Rome streets , being killed after six years in prison . Later on , Caesar, married Calpurnia, and is appointed Consul for life and then he crossed river Rubicon . His history is written by Julius Caesar himsef in 'Comments about War of Gaul' or 'De Bello Galico', also he wrote in brilliant and elegant style 'Comments about Civil War' or 'De Bello Civili'. The film contains a colorful cinematography by Stefan Ivanov and Plamen Somov , shot in Bulgaria, Sofia . And atmospheric and evocative musical score by Pierre Charvet. The motion picture was regularly directed by Jacques Dorfmann and shot both in English and French . He's a good writer and especially producer as ¨Quest of fire ¨ , ¨Bethune¨, ¨ Shock treatment ¨ , ¨ Army of Shadows ¨, and occasionally director as ¨Vercingetorix¨ and ¨Shadow of the wolf¨. Other adaptations about Vercingetorix and Caesar are the followings : Vercingetorix (2004) TV by Uli Edel with Jeremy Sisto as Caesar and Heino Ferch as Vercingetorix . ¨Julius Caesar conqueror of Gaul¨ by Americo Anton with Cameron Mitchell, Rick Battaglia , Raffaella Carra , Carlo Tamberlani . Furthermore , known Shakespearian renditions as 'Julius Caesar (1953)' by Joseph L Mankiewicz with Louis Calhern as Caesar and Marlon Brando as Marcus Antonius and " Julius Caesar" a Stuart Burgue version (1970) starred by Charlton Heston , Diana Rigg .

ladyyoung98 This movie came out in 2001 with Christopher Lambert. I have not been able to find it anywhere under the title of "The Gaul" and I found out that the reason for this is because its actual title is "Druids". People come to IMDb to find information on a particular movie or a particular actor or character and if we are unable to find what we are looking for under the name we know it to be, then that becomes a problem. I came here looking for information for a movie titled Druids, and was not able to find it. So I looked for it under the actors name and could not find it. It was not until I tried to add the correct credit for this actor based on the character played in the film, that I was able to find it at all and that was because when I tried to add it, it was rejected and the site then came up with the movie the character was associated with. This being the case, i really feel that someone needs to do some checking and get this corrected.

sarastro7 Vercingetorix is not a great movie; it has serious structural and scenographical problems, and the plot is plodding along with little tightness or coherence, and some of the characters are made up to look rather ridiculous (particularly the Teutons, sporting neon-red hair-buns over naked torsos, making them look rather like half-naked drag-queens). And then it goes on a bit too long, becoming quite boring towards the end.But that's it. Other than this it's not an especially bad movie. The story is fairly straightforward and the production values are fair and seem to be reasonably historically accurate. Again, no masterpiece, but certainly an effort that lives up to the (rather poor) commercial standard of mainstream movie-making, hence deserving a rating of about 5 out of 10. But I guess this is another of the many movies rated only by people who do not understand anything in between 1 and 10... I really don't know what you people expected from this movie...

wild-viper I am generally an easy movie critic. I'd like to think of myself as a hardcore movie buff who has a strict scale when it comes to movies, but usually it does not take much to entertain me, and if the plot, acting, and directing are all halfway decent, I am very forgiving. Which is why I was astounded at how much I hated this movie. It's been a long time since I've seen a movie this bad, in fact, this may be THE worst movie I have ever seen. 30 seconds into it, I had already realized I made a mistake. But I am the kind of person that once I start a movie, I must finish it through to the end. So you can imagine how distraught I was at having to sit there for another two hours and watch this absurdity of a plot roll further and further downhill.Firstly, the characters are flat, there's no development to be seen, and it is utterly impossible to connect with them or root for them. You just won't care. Secondly, the plot is a disaster. Like reviewers before me have said, there are random scenes in which nothing of any importance to the plot whatsoever happens, and they go by quick and unexplained. It is very hard to follow and understand because the editing is atrocious and I have honestly never seen anything like it. The acting is actually enough to make you laugh out loud at the characters total lack of enthusiasm or believability. And everything looks lip-synced even though it's all supposed to be in English anyway. Furthermore, the historical accuracy is off, I am quite sure. I am no historian by any means, but I'm almost positive that the sophistication of the armor and weapons in this movie (which is supposed to be set in 60 B.C.) were not seen until at least a thousand years later in the middle ages. However, that's not to say that the props in the movie were good, rather they looked like they came from a discount Halloween store down the street.There are seriously far too many blunders with this movie to even list. I loved Christopher Lambert's performance in Highlander, and I liked the movie despite its cheesiness, so I figured that this would be something along the same lines. I was gravely mistaken. Christopher Lambert is beginning to prove himself an utter disappointment of an actor due to the caliber of films he has starred in recently and I will think twice before I see anything else he stars in.I am willing to bet a large sum of money that the director and producers of this movie are off somewhere laughing their heads off that people are actually taking the time to watch their movie, because really no one could possibly be serious in releasing a movie as preposterous as this. I am not one to always believe everything I read in reviews, and have liked a few movies that have gotten terrible reviews, but please trust me when I tell you not to waste your time with this one. Do something more productive. Like walking the dog, or mowing the lawn, or taking a crap.