The Fight for Rome

Dec 17, 1968

1h 43m

★ 5.4

Overview

A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

History

Production Companies

Studioul Cinematografic București

Documento Film

CCC Filmkunst

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Cast

Cethegus

Laurence Harvey

Justinian

Orson Welles

Empress Theodora

Sylva Koscina

Mathaswintha

Harriet Andersson

Amalaswintha

Honor Blackman

Totila

Robert Hoffmann

Narses

Michael Dunn

Julia

Ingrid Boulting

Belisarius

Lang Jeffries

Witichis

Florin Piersic

Teja

Emanoil Petruţ

Hildebrand

Friedrich von Ledebur

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