The Fall of the Roman Empire
24/03/1964
3h 8m

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.
Cast


Sophia Loren
Lucilla


Stephen Boyd
Livius


Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius


James Mason
Timonides


Christopher Plummer
Commodus


Anthony Quayle
Verulus


John Ireland
Ballomar


Omar Sharif
Sohamus


Mel Ferrer
Cleander


Eric Porter
Julianus


Finlay Currie
Senator


Andrew Keir
Polybius


Douglas Wilmer
Niger
George Murcell
Victorinus


Norman Wooland
Virgilianus


Michael Gwynn
Cornelius


Virgílio Teixeira
Marcellus


Peter Damon
Claudius


Rafael Luis Calvo
Lentulus


Lena von Martens
Helva


Roland Carey
Barbarian (uncredited)
Margaret Fuller
Part of Court (uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)


Gabriella Licudi
Tauna (uncredited)
Jeffrey O'Kelly
Brother of Livius (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)


Guy Rolfe
Marius (uncredited)


José Terrón
Soldier on Horse (uncredited)


Friedrich von Ledebur
Barbarian (uncredited)


Patricia Wright
Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
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