Der Untergang des Römischen Reiches (1964)
Im zweiten Jahrhundert nach Christi: Marc Aurel ist Herrscher über das Römische Reich. Da er seinen Sohn Commodus nicht als seinen Nachfolger benennen will, setzt er Tribun Livius, der in seine Tochter Lucilla verliebt ist, als Erben ein. Lucilla wird jedoch gegen ihren Willen mit dem König von Armenien vermählt. Als Commodus nach einem Attentat auf Marc Aurel doch Kaiser von Rom wird, führt er das Römische Reich wie befürchtet ins Chaos. In einem dramatischen Kampf gegen Livius stirbt Commodus. Doch Livius lehnt die Krone ab.
Der Regisseur:
Anthony Mann
Die Autor:
Philip Yordan, Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina.
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Sophia Loren as Lucilla |
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Stephen Boyd as Livius |
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Alec Guinness as Marcus Aurelius |
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James Mason as Timonides |
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Christopher Plummer as Commodus |
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Anthony Quayle as Verulus |
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John Ireland as Ballomar |
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Omar Sharif as Sohamus |
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Mel Ferrer as Cleander |
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Eric Porter as Julianus |
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Finlay Currie as Senator |
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Andrew Keir as Polybius |
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Douglas Wilmer as Niger |
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George Murcell as Victorinus |
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Norman Wooland as Virgilianus |
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Michael Gwynn as Cornelius |
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Virgílio Teixeira as Marcellus |
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Peter Damon as Claudius |
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Rafael Luis Calvo as Lentulus |
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Lena von Martens as Helva |
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Roland Carey as Barbarian (uncredited) |
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Margaret Fuller as Part of Court (uncredited) |
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Mario Ghignone as Gladiators Trainer (uncredited) |
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Gabriella Licudi as Tauna (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey O'Kelly as Brother of Livius (uncredited) |
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Robert Rietti as Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited) |
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Guy Rolfe as Marius (uncredited) |
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José Terrón as Soldier on Horse (uncredited) |
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Friedrich von Ledebur as Barbarian (uncredited) |
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Patricia Wright as Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited) |
| Directing | Anthony Mann | Director |
| Crew | Samuel Bronston | Presenter |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Mauro Sacripanti | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Julio Sempere | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Sound | Cecil Bolton | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Frank Comstock | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Robert Docker | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Herbert Taylor | Orchestrator |
| Writing | Philip Yordan | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ben Barzman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Basilio Franchina | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Gibbon | Author |
| Production | Samuel Bronston | Producer |
| Production | Jaime Prades | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Robert Krasker | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Lawrence | Editor |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Production Design |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Veniero Colasanti | Costume Design |
| Art | John Moore | Production Design |
| Art | John Moore | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Moore | Costume Design |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Yakima Canutt | Second Unit Director |
| Production | C.O. Erickson | Production Manager |
| Directing | José López Rodero | Assistant Director |
| Directing | José María Ochoa | Assistant Director |
| Camera | John Harris | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Cecilio Paniagua | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Art | Maciek Piotrowski | Title Illustration |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | George Korngold | Music Editor |
| Editing | Magdalena Paradell | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Art | Stanley Detlie | Property Master |
| Crew | Carl Gibson | Technical Supervisor |
| Lighting | Bruno Pasqualini | Electrician |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Mussetta | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Crew | George Tyne | Dialogue Coach |
| Crew | Will Durant | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Michał Waszyński | Associate Producer |