

24/03/1964
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.

Sophia Loren
as Lucilla

Stephen Boyd
as Livius

Alec Guinness
as Marcus Aurelius

James Mason
as Timonides

Christopher Plummer
as Commodus

Anthony Quayle
as Verulus

John Ireland
as Ballomar

Omar Sharif
as Sohamus

Mel Ferrer
as Cleander

Eric Porter
as Julianus

Finlay Currie
as Senator

Andrew Keir
as Polybius

Douglas Wilmer
as Niger

George Murcell
as Victorinus

Norman Wooland
as Virgilianus

Michael Gwynn
as Cornelius

Virgílio Teixeira
as Marcellus

Peter Damon
as Claudius

Rafael Luis Calvo
as Lentulus

Lena von Martens
as Helva

Roland Carey
as Barbarian (uncredited)

Margaret Fuller
as Part of Court (uncredited)

Mario Ghignone
as Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)

Gabriella Licudi
as Tauna (uncredited)

Jeffrey O'Kelly
as Brother of Livius (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
as Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)

Guy Rolfe
as Marius (uncredited)

José Terrón
as Soldier on Horse (uncredited)

Friedrich von Ledebur
as Barbarian (uncredited)

Patricia Wright
as Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
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