Sword of the Empire

Oct 20, 1964

1h 39m

★ 5.0

Overview

Rome, under Commodus: intrigue, fight for power, gladiators, senators, Christians, Barbarians, slaves, Pretorians, battles, wrestles, swords and muscles in by-the-numbers Italian epic.

Genres

Adventure

Production Companies

Assia Cinematogrifica

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Cast

Marco

Lang Jeffries

Nissia

José Greci

Tigerio

Ignazio Leone

Cleandro

Giuseppe Addobbati

Roman Christian

Ennio Antonelli

Cleandro

Giulio Tomei

Domenico Maggio

Ottavio

Piero Pastore

Orazio

Pasquale Basile

Lucilla

Paola Di Mario

Valerio

Fedele Gentile

Roman Christian

Mario Ghignone

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6.5

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6.5

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5.6

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6.2

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7.3

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7.4

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7.9

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7.5

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5.8

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3.0

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6.2

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3.6

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6.5

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5.4

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6.7

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6.2

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6.2

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7.5

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