Drama History War
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.
Directed by
Anthony Mann
Sophia Loren
Lucilla
Christopher Plummer
Commodus
Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius
James Mason
Timonides
Omar Sharif
Sohamus
Stephen Boyd
Livius
John Ireland
Ballomar
Finlay Currie
Senator
Mel Ferrer
Cleander
Andrew Keir
Polybius
Anthony Quayle
Verulus
Roland Carey
Barbarian (uncredited)
Guy Rolfe
Marius (uncredited)
Douglas Wilmer
Niger
Friedrich von Ledebur
Barbarian (uncredited)
Eric Porter
Julianus
Yakima Canutt
Robert Rietti
Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)
José Terrón
Soldier on Horse (uncredited)
Michael Gwynn
Cornelius
Norman Wooland
Virgilianus
Gabriella Licudi
Tauna (uncredited)
Virgílio Teixeira
Marcellus
Rafael Luis Calvo
Lentulus
Patricia Wright
Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
Peter Damon
Claudius
Lena von Martens
Helva
George Murcell
Victorinus
Margaret Fuller
Part of Court (uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)
Will Durant

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