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

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