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The Fight for Rome
A Roman noble, Cethegus, tries to start a war, setting the Ostrogoths and their Queen, Amalasuntha, against the Byzantine Emperor Justinian; Cethegus wants to swoop in after they have destroyed each other and create a new Roman Empire from their combined kingdoms; however, he does not factor into his plans the vagaries of love and the personal integrity of the people in both kingdoms.
Cast
- Laurence Harvey as Cethegus
- Orson Welles as Justinian
- Sylva Koscina as Empress Theodora
- Harriet Andersson as Mathaswintha
- Honor Blackman as Amalaswintha
- Robert Hoffmann as Totila
- Michael Dunn as Narses
- Ingrid Boulting as Julia
- Lang Jeffries as Belisarius
- Florin Piersic as Witichis
- Emanoil Petruţ as Teja
- Friedrich von Ledebur as Hildebrand
Details
- Director
- Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu and Andrew Marton
- Released
- December 17, 1968
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Studio
- Studioul Cinematografic București, Documento Film and CCC Filmkunst
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 9 votes
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