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 decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Cast
Sophia Loren
Lucilla
Stephen Boyd
Livius
Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius
James Mason
Timonides
Christopher Plummer
Commodus
Anthony Quayle
Verulus
John Ireland
Ballomar
Omar Sharif
Sohamus
Mel Ferrer
Cleander
Eric Porter
Julianus
Finlay Currie
Senator
Andrew Keir
Polybius
Douglas Wilmer
Niger
George Murcell
Victorinus
Norman Wooland
Virgilianus
Michael Gwynn
Cornelius
Virgílio Teixeira
Marcellus
Peter Damon
Claudius
Rafael Luis Calvo
Lentulus
Lena von Martens
Helva
Roland Carey
Barbarian (uncredited)
Margaret Fuller
Part of Court (uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)
Gabriella Licudi
Tauna (uncredited)
Jeffrey O'Kelly
Brother of Livius (uncredited)
Robert Rietti
Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)
Guy Rolfe
Marius (uncredited)
José Terrón
Soldier on Horse (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur
Barbarian (uncredited)
Patricia Wright
Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
Crew
Maciek Piotrowski
Title Illustration
Anthony Mann
Director
Edward Gibbon
Author
Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Ben Barzman
Screenplay
Basilio Franchina
Screenplay
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Magdalena Paradell
Assistant Editor
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Mauro Sacripanti
Second Assistant Director
Julio Sempere
Second Second Assistant Director
José López Rodero
Assistant Director
José María Ochoa
Assistant Director
Samuel Bronston
Producer, Presenter
Jaime Prades
Associate Producer
Michał Waszyński
Associate Producer
John Moore
Production Design, Costume Design, Set Decoration
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design, Costume Design, Set Decoration
John Harris
Camera Operator
Maude Spector
Casting
Gloria Mussetta
Wardrobe Master
Grazia De Rossi
Hairdresser
Mario Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Cecilio Paniagua
Second Unit Cinematographer
Milton C. Burrow
Sound Effects Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer, Conductor
George Korngold
Music Editor
George Tyne
Dialogue Coach
Will Durant
Technical Advisor
Carl Gibson
Technical Supervisor
Bruno Pasqualini
Electrician
Stanley Detlie
Property Master
Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity
C.O. Erickson
Production Manager
Cecil Bolton
Orchestrator
Robert Docker
Orchestrator
Frank Comstock
Orchestrator
David Tamkin
Orchestrator
George Parrish
Orchestrator
Herbert Taylor
Orchestrator
