

The Fall of the Roman Empire
1964 Directed by Anthony MannIn 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 decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
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Sophia Loren
....................................................Lucilla

Stephen Boyd
....................................................Livius

Alec Guinness
....................................................Marcus Aurelius

James Mason
....................................................Timonides

Christopher Plummer
....................................................Commodus

Anthony Quayle
....................................................Verulus

John Ireland
....................................................Ballomar
Director
...........................................................Anthony Mann
Producer
...........................................................Samuel Bronston
Assistant Director
...........................................................José López Rodero
José María Ochoa
Second Assistant Director
...........................................................Mauro Sacripanti
Orchestrator
...........................................................Cecil Bolton
Conductor
...........................................................Dimitri Tiomkin
Production Companies
...................................................Samuel Bronston Productions
Paramount Pictures
Production Countries
........................................................United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Drama
History
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