Titus (screenshots)

Titus (film) is a film made in 1999, directed by Julie Taymor. amazon Titus is a film adaption of William Shakespeare's 1594 play The Tragedy Of Titus Andronicus.

Titus

Titus and his army returning from war. Titus Andronicus: Act 1

soldiers carrying mummified corpses

Dead soldiers.

Titus; tanks soldiers blowing horns

Soldiers blowing horns.

Titus Titus

Soldiers back from war taking a bath. What a grandiloquent way to take a bath! This place is modeled after Tomb of Eurysaces the Baker.


Goth queen

Goth queen begs for mercy for her son.

soldiers ceremonially burning sword blades

Her son is about to be disemboweled as a ritualistic sacrifice for the dead soldiers by the victorious party in the war.

Goth queen in anguish

Goth queen in anguish.


Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana.

Lavinia raped

Lavinia, raped, and with her hands and tongue cut off. Titus Andronicus: Act 2.

Titus Act 2 Scene 4,Lavinia's torture


2 heads and a hand

Titus's two son's heads, and his hand. (Titus Andronicus: Act 3)

Chiron and Demetrius bound

Chiron and Demetrius, about to be made into a pie. (Titus Andronicus: Act 5)


Images © 1999 - Overseas Film Group

Full text of the play, with annotations, is at: The Tragedy Of Titus Andronicus, by William Shakespeare, 1594.

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