Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Cast
Gianna Maria Canale
Teodora
Georges Marchal
Giustiniano
Henri Guisol
Giovanni di Cappadocia
Roger Pigaut
Andres
Renato Baldini
Arcas
Irene Papas
Faidia
Olga Solbelli
Egina
Alessandro Fersen
Metropolita
Nerio Bernardi
Belisario
Carlo Sposito
Scarpios
Loris Gizzi
Smirnos
Mario Siletti
Il magistrato
Giovanni Fagioli
Il cancelliere di corte
Oscar Andriani
Il difensore di Scarpios
Umberto Silvestri
L'atleta cieco
Crew
Riccardo Freda
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
René Wheeler
Screenplay
Ranieri Cochetti
Screenplay, First Assistant Director
Claude Accursi
Screenplay
André-Paul Antoine
Story
Mario Serandrei
Editor
Rodolfo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Giuseppe Divita
First Assistant Director
Mario Mambretti
Second Assistant Director
Rolando Stragliati
Second Assistant Director
Filiberto Sbardella
Production Design
Antonio Valente
Production Design
Guglielmo Lombardi
Camera Operator
Mario Alberti
Camera Operator
Giorgio Attili
Camera Operator
Veniero Colasanti
Costume Design
Renata Longari
Hairstylist
Lina Cassini
Hairstylist
Giuseppe Annunziata
Makeup Artist
Giuseppe Peruzzi
Makeup Artist
Aldo Calpini
Sound
Giovanni Nesci
Sound
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Flora Capponi
Set Decoration
Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Agostino Zanelli
Script Supervisor
Giuseppe Fatigati
Production Manager
Angelo Fanano
Unit Manager
Franco Ferrara
Conductor
Franco Adorno
Production Secretary
