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

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