The Fall of the Roman Empire

March. 26,1964      NR
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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 decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.

Sophia Loren as  Lucilla
Stephen Boyd as  Livius
Alec Guinness as  Marcus Aurelius
James Mason as  Timonides
Christopher Plummer as  Commodus
Anthony Quayle as  Verulus
John Ireland as  Ballomar
Omar Sharif as  Sohamus
Mel Ferrer as  Cleander
Eric Porter as  Julianus

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