Theodora, Slave Empress
02/07/1954
1h 28m



Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Cast


Gianna Maria Canale
Teodora


Georges Marchal
Giustiniano


Henri Guisol
Giovanni di Cappadocia


Roger Pigaut
Andres


Renato Baldini
Arcas


Irene Papas
Faidia


Olga Solbelli
Egina


Alessandro Fersen
Metropolita


Nerio Bernardi
Belisario
Carlo Sposito
Scarpios


Loris Gizzi
Smirnos
Mario Siletti
Il magistrato
Giovanni Fagioli
Il cancelliere di corte
Oscar Andriani
Il difensore di Scarpios
Umberto Silvestri
L'atleta cieco
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