The Fall of the Roman Empire

6.488

188 minutes

3/24/1964

Overview

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 List

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)