The Fight for Rome (1968)
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.
- Released
- 1968-12-17
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Siodmak, Ladislas Fodor, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 from 9 votes
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