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

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