The Fight for Rome

The Fight for Rome

103 mins | Drama, Adventure | Dec. 17, 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.

The Fight for Rome

103 mins | Drama, Adventure | Dec. 17, 1968

The Fight for Rome
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.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Documento Films, Studioul Cinematografic București, CCC-Filmkunst
Original title Kampf um Rom – 1. Teil
Directors Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton, Robert Siodmak
Writers Felix Dahn, Ladislas Fodor

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

Dieter Eppler

as Thorismund

Ewa Strömberg

as Rauthgundis