
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire
1964 en 188 minutes
Rating: 6.5
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.
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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)