La caída del Imperio Romano (1964)
Imperio Romano, siglo II d.C. Marco Aurelio (160-181), el emperador filósofo, fue el último gobernante de la Edad de Oro romana. Muy a su pesar, tuvo que luchar contra diversos pueblos para defender las fronteras del Imperio. En política interior, su sueño era restaurar las instituciones republicanas, razón por la cual nombró sucesor a su protegido Livio, en detrimento de su ambicioso y corrupto hijo Cómodo. Pero éste no aceptó la decisión de su padre y se apoderó del trono.
Directora:
Anthony Mann
Escritores:
Ben Barzman, Philip Yordan, 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 | Andrew Marton | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Herbert Taylor | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor |
| Sound | Cecil Bolton | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Samuel Bronston | Presenter |
| Directing | Julio Sempere | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | George Parrish | Orchestrator |
| Sound | David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Mauro Sacripanti | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Frank Comstock | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Robert Docker | Orchestrator |
| Writing | Ben Barzman | Screenplay |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Production Design |
| Writing | Philip Yordan | Screenplay |
| Production | Maude Spector | Casting |
| Camera | Robert Krasker | Director of Photography |
| Art | John Moore | Production Design |
| Art | John Moore | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Edward Gibbon | Author |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Moore | Costume Design |
| Production | Samuel Bronston | Producer |
| Production | Jaime Prades | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Basilio Franchina | Screenplay |
| Sound | Dimitri Tiomkin | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Robert Lawrence | Editor |
| Art | Veniero Colasanti | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Veniero Colasanti | Costume Design |
| Crew | Yakima Canutt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | C.O. Erickson | Production Manager |
| Crew | Cecilio Paniagua | Second Unit Cinematographer |
| Sound | David Hildyard | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | John Harris | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Milton C. Burrow | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Alex Weldon | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Bruno Pasqualini | Electrician |
| Directing | José María Ochoa | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Art | Maciek Piotrowski | Title Illustration |
| Editing | Magdalena Paradell | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | George Korngold | Music Editor |
| Art | Stanley Detlie | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gloria Mussetta | Wardrobe Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mario Van Riel | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Will Durant | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Michał Waszyński | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Elaine Schreyeck | Continuity |
| Directing | José López Rodero | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Carl Gibson | Technical Supervisor |
| Crew | George Tyne | Dialogue Coach |
| Directing | Yakima Canutt | Second Unit Director |