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

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