1964-03-24
188 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
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)
