Directed by Anthony Mann
3h 8m
Drama
| History
| War
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
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
Anthony Mann
Director
Mauro Sacripanti
Second Assistant Director
Cecil Bolton
Orchestrator
Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor
Robert Docker
Orchestrator
Samuel Bronston
Presenter
Julio Sempere
Second Second Assistant Director
Frank Comstock
Orchestrator
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director