The Fight for Rome
movie
Released December 17, 1968
Overview
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
Crew
Robert Siodmak
as
Director
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Felix Dahn
as
Novel
Ladislas Fodor
as
Screenplay
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Richard Angst
as
Director of Photography
Riz Ortolani
as
Original Music Composer
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Alfred Srp
as
Editor
Artur Brauner
as
Producer
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Max Galinsky
as
Sound
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Doru Năstase
as
Assistant Director
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Theo Partisch
as
Assistant Director
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J. Pollini
as
Assistant Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
as
Second Unit Director