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

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