The Fall of the Roman Empire (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.
Director:
Anthony Mann
Writers:
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 |
| Directing | Mauro Sacripanti | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Cecil Bolton | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Sound | Robert Docker | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Samuel Bronston | Presenter |
| Directing | Julio Sempere | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Frank Comstock | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Andrew Marton | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Herbert Taylor | Orchestrator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Veniero Colasanti | Costume Design |
| Production | Samuel Bronston | Producer |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Robert Lawrence | Editor |
| Art | John Moore | Production Design |
| Writing | Philip Yordan | Screenplay |
| Camera | Robert Krasker | Director of Photography |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Production Design |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Writing | Ben Barzman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Edward Gibbon | Author |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Basilio Franchina | Screenplay |
| Production | Jaime Prades | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Moore | Costume Design |
| Art | John Moore | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | José López Rodero | Assistant Director |
| Art | Maciek Piotrowski | Title Illustration |
| Production | C.O. Erickson | Production Manager |
| Crew | Cecilio Paniagua | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Camera | John Harris | Camera Operator |
| Directing | José María Ochoa | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Yakima Canutt | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Will Durant | Technical Advisor |
| Lighting | Bruno Pasqualini | Electrician |
| Crew | George Tyne | Dialogue Coach |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Mussetta | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Michał Waszyński | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hairdresser |
| Sound | George Korngold | Music Editor |
| Crew | Carl Gibson | Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Art | Stanley Detlie | Property Master |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Magdalena Paradell | Assistant Editor |