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

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