The Fight for Rome (1968)
Kampf um Rom – 1. Teil
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.
- Date of release
- 1968-12-17
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Director
- Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton
- Collection
- Kampf um Rom Collection
Casting
- Laurence Harvey — Cethegus
- Orson Welles — Justinian
- Sylva Koscina — Empress Theodora
- Harriet Andersson — Mathaswintha
- Honor Blackman — Amalaswintha
- Robert Hoffmann — Totila
- Michael Dunn — Narses
- Ingrid Boulting — Julia
- Lang Jeffries — Belisarius
- Florin Piersic — Witichis
- Emanoil Petruţ — Teja
- Friedrich von Ledebur — Hildebrand
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