The Fight for Rome
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- Runtime
- 103 mins
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.
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
- Orson Welles
- Sylva Koscina
- Harriet Andersson
- Honor Blackman
- Robert Hoffmann
- Michael Dunn
- Ingrid Boulting
- Lang Jeffries
- Florin Piersic
- Emanoil Petruţ
- Friedrich von Ledebur
- Dieter Eppler
- Ewa Strömberg
- Ion Dichiseanu
- Adela Mărculescu
- Constantin Brezeanu
- Gheorge Boghita
- Mircea Angelescu
- Fory Etterle
Director
- Robert Siodmak
Producers
- Artur Brauner
Screenwriter
- Ladislas Fodor
