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

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