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

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