The Fight for Rome
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Laurence HarveyCethegus
Orson WellesJustinian
Sylva KoscinaEmpress Theodora
Harriet AnderssonMathaswintha
Honor BlackmanAmalaswintha
Robert HoffmannTotila
Michael DunnNarses
Ingrid BoultingJulia
Lang JeffriesBelisarius
Florin PiersicWitichis
Emanoil PetruţTeja
Friedrich von LedeburHildebrandExplore the crew
- Editor
- Alfred Srp
- Producer
- Artur Brauner
- Director of Photography
- Richard Angst
- Original Music Composer
- Riz Ortolani
- Director
- Robert Siodmak
- Screenplay
- Ladislas Fodor
- Director of Photography
- Richard R. Rimmel
- Director
- Sergiu Nicolaescu
- Director
- Andrew Marton