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

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