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 |
| 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 |