The Fall of the Roman Empire
Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire
6.5(230) 1964-03-24 188 minDramaHistoryWar
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
DirectorAnthony Mann
ScreenplayBen Barzman
ScreenplayPhilip Yordan
ProducerSamuel Bronston
ScreenplayBasilio Franchina
Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
Cast & characters
Sophia Loren
as Lucilla
Stephen Boyd
as Livius
Alec Guinness
as Marcus Aurelius
James Mason
as Timonides
Christopher Plummer
as Commodus
Anthony Quayle
as Verulus
John Ireland
as Ballomar
Omar Sharif
as Sohamus
Mel Ferrer
as Cleander
Eric Porter
as Julianus
Finlay Currie
as Senator
Andrew Keir
as Polybius
Douglas Wilmer
as Niger
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George Murcell
as Victorinus
Norman Wooland
as Virgilianus
Michael Gwynn
as Cornelius
Virgílio Teixeira
as Marcellus
Peter Damon
as Claudius
Rafael Luis Calvo
as Lentulus
Lena von Martens
as Helva
Roland Carey
as Barbarian (uncredited)
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Margaret Fuller
as Part of Court (uncredited)
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Mario Ghignone
as Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)
Gabriella Licudi
as Tauna (uncredited)
