The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

Name: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Released: 1964
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer

• Movies, Drama, History, War

• 188 min

6.5

Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire

Directed by: Anthony Mann
Casting: Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle, John Ireland, Omar Sharif, Mel Ferrer, Eric Porter, Finlay Currie, Andrew Keir, Douglas Wilmer, George Murcell, Norman Wooland, Michael Gwynn, Virgílio Teixeira, Peter Damon, Rafael Luis Calvo, Lena von Martens, Roland Carey, Margaret Fuller, Mario Ghignone, Gabriella Licudi, Jeffrey O'Kelly, Robert Rietti, Guy Rolfe, José Terrón, Friedrich von Ledebur, Patricia Wright
Countries: United States of America
Premiere: 1964-03-24
Status: Released

Tags: epic, roman empire, ancient rome, barbarian, chariot, 2nd century, poisoning, commodus, cómodo, fall roman empire, fall empire

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.