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

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