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
Norman Wooland
Virgilianus
Roland Carey
Barbarian (uncredited)
Mel Ferrer
Cleander
Anthony Quayle
Verulus
Omar Sharif
Sohamus
Patricia Wright
Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
James Mason
Timonides
Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius
Stephen Boyd
Livius
John Ireland
Ballomar
Guy Rolfe
Marius (uncredited)
Finlay Currie
Senator
José Terrón
Soldier on Horse (uncredited)
Gabriella Licudi
Tauna (uncredited)
Douglas Wilmer
Niger
Friedrich von Ledebur
Barbarian (uncredited)
Michael Gwynn
Cornelius
Andrew Keir
Polybius
Robert Rietti
Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)
Eric Porter
Julianus
Virgílio Teixeira
Marcellus
Yakima Canutt
Peter Damon
Claudius
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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