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  <plot><![CDATA[Based on the novel Die Schwarzen Brüder by the Swiss author Lisa Tetzner.Romeo is an 11-year-old boy, who lives with his family in peaceful poverty in a small village in Switzerland.One day, Romeo decides to sell himself into slavery, because the money will enable his sick father to get the medical treatment he needs.An evil man named Ruini pays money for Romeo and takes him far away to Milan.Romeo is forced to become a chimney sweep. His life in Milan is hard, and his master's family is always hard on him, but he also has a lot of good times with his best friend Alfred and the other chimney boys. Romeo and the chimney boys organize a group of chimney sweeps which they call the Black Brothers.Source: http://www.nipponanimation.com/catalogue/090/]]></plot>
  <outline><![CDATA[Based on the novel Die Schwarzen Brüder by the Swiss author Lisa Tetzner.Romeo is an 11-year-old boy, who lives with his family in peaceful poverty in a small village in Switzerland.One day, Romeo decides to sell himself into slavery, because the money will enable his sick father to get the medical treatment he needs.An evil man named Ruini pays money for Romeo and takes him far away to Milan.Romeo is forced to become a chimney sweep. His life in Milan is hard, and his master's family is always hard on him, but he also has a lot of good times with his best friend Alfred and the other chimney boys. Romeo and the chimney boys organize a group of chimney sweeps which they call the Black Brothers.Source: http://www.nipponanimation.com/catalogue/090/]]></outline>
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  <dateadded>2026-09-27 10:08:21</dateadded>
  <title>Season 1</title>
  <actor>
    <name>Kevin McKidd</name>
    <role>Lucius Vorenus</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>9013</tmdbid>
    <tvdbid>331135</tvdbid>
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  <actor>
    <name>Michael Apted</name>
    <role>Producer</role>
    <type>Producer</type>
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    <tvdbid>261316</tvdbid>
    <imdbid>nm0000776</imdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Todd Ellis Kessler</name>
    <role>Producer</role>
    <type>Producer</type>
    <tvdbid>7865305</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>1224563</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Ray Stevenson</name>
    <role>Titus Pullo</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>56614</tmdbid>
    <tvdbid>361293</tvdbid>
    <imdbid>nm0829032</imdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Ciarán Hinds</name>
    <role>Julius Caesar</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>8785</tmdbid>
    <imdbid>nm0001354</imdbid>
    <tvdbid>247861</tvdbid>
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  <actor>
    <name>James Purefoy</name>
    <role>Mark Antony</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>303653</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>17648</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Polly Walker</name>
    <role>Atia of the Julii</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>362363</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>6416</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Lindsay Duncan</name>
    <role>Servilia of the Junii</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>293511</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>30083</tmdbid>
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  <actor>
    <name>Tobias Menzies</name>
    <role>Marcus Junius Brutus</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>247994</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>10920</tmdbid>
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  <actor>
    <name>Max Pirkis</name>
    <role>Gaius Octavian</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>362364</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>215661</tmdbid>
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  <actor>
    <name>Kerry Condon</name>
    <role>Octavia of the Julii</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tmdbid>62105</tmdbid>
    <tvdbid>362362</tvdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Chiara Mastalli</name>
    <role>Eirene</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>362370</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>215662</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>David Bamber</name>
    <role>Marcus Tullius Cicero</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>306397</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>26657</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Kenneth Cranham</name>
    <role>Gnaeus Pompey Magnus</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>261790</tvdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Nicholas Woodeson</name>
    <role>Posca</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>255696</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>118617</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Indira Varma</name>
    <role>Niobe of the Voreni</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>247877</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>30430</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <actor>
    <name>Lee Boardman</name>
    <role>Timon</role>
    <type>Actor</type>
    <tvdbid>362366</tvdbid>
    <tmdbid>138161</tmdbid>
  </actor>
  <rating>8.4</rating>
  <year>2005</year>
  <sorttitle>Season 1</sorttitle>
  <tvdbid>5899</tvdbid>
  <premiered>2005-08-28</premiered>
  <releasedate>2005-08-28</releasedate>
  <enddate>1995-12-17</enddate>
  <genre>Adventure</genre>
  <genre>Anime</genre>
  <tag>Adventure</tag>
  <tag>Coming Of Age</tag>
  <tag>Earth</tag>
  <tag>Europe</tag>
  <tag>Friendship</tag>
  <tag>Italy</tag>
  <tag>Past</tag>
  <uniqueid type="tvdb">5899</uniqueid>
  <seasonnumber>1</seasonnumber>
  <anidbid>2023</anidbid>
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