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

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