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

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