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

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