Titus

Titus is a film made in 1999, directed by Julie Taymor.

Titus

Titus and his army returning from war.

soldiers carrying mummified corpses

Dead soldiers.

Titus; tanks soldiers blowing horns

Soldiers blowing horns.

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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.

YouTube video: Titus Act 2 Scene 4 - Lavinia's torture↗.


2 heads and a hand

Titus's two son's heads, and his hand.

Chiron and Demetrius bound

Chiron and Demetrius, about to be made into a pie.


Images © 1999 - Overseas Film Group

For more info about this film, see Wikipedia: Titus_(film)↗

Buy the DVD at amazon.com↗

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


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