Teodora, imperatrice di Bisanzio (1954)
L'imperatore Giustiniano I è succube dei patrizi; mentre si aggira in incognito tra la folla di un quartiere povero di Bisanzio incontra la danzatrice Teodora, che si guadagna da vivere con piccoli furti. Giustiniano si innamora della donna e la sposa. Una volta sul trono, Teodora mostrerà straordinarie qualità politiche salvando il trono e ispirando una profonda riforma dello stato.
Direttore:
Riccardo Freda
Scrittori:
René Wheeler, Claude Accursi, Ranieri Cochetti, Riccardo Freda.
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Gianna Maria Canale as Teodora |
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Georges Marchal as Giustiniano |
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Henri Guisol as Giovanni di Cappadocia |
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Roger Pigaut as Andres |
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Renato Baldini as Arcas |
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Irene Papas as Faidia |
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Olga Solbelli as Egina |
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Alessandro Fersen as Metropolita |
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Nerio Bernardi as Belisario |
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Carlo Sposito as Scarpios |
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Loris Gizzi as Smirnos |
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Mario Siletti as Il magistrato |
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Giovanni Fagioli as Il cancelliere di corte |
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Oscar Andriani as Il difensore di Scarpios |
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Umberto Silvestri as L'atleta cieco |
| Directing | Riccardo Freda | Director |
| Production | Riccardo Freda | Producer |
| Writing | André-Paul Antoine | Story |
| Writing | Riccardo Freda | Story |
| Writing | René Wheeler | Screenplay |
| Writing | Claude Accursi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ranieri Cochetti | Screenplay |
| Writing | Riccardo Freda | Screenplay |
| Camera | Guglielmo Lombardi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Giorgio Attili | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mario Alberti | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Franco Ferrara | Conductor |
| Sound | Aldo Calpini | Sound |
| Sound | Giovanni Nesci | Sound |
| Directing | Giuseppe Divita | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ranieri Cochetti | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mario Mambretti | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Rolando Stragliati | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Agostino Zanelli | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Angelo Fanano | Unit Manager |
| Production | Franco Adorno | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Annunziata | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Giuseppe Peruzzi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Longari | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lina Cassini | Hairstylist |
| Camera | Osvaldo Civirani | Still Photographer |
| Production | Giuseppe Fatigati | Production Manager |
| Sound | Renzo Rossellini | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Rodolfo Lombardi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Mario Serandrei | Editor |
| Art | Filiberto Sbardella | Production Design |
| Art | Antonio Valente | Production Design |
| Art | Flora Capponi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Veniero Colasanti | Costume Design |