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

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