The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964 · 188 min · EN · NR · 6.5 (169 votes)
Dir. Anthony Mann · Starring Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quayle · Music Dimitri Tiomkin

Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire

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In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.

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A sweeping historical drama that feels as vast as the empire it depicts. It's a grand, somber spectacle of political intrigue and personal ambition, filled with the weight of history and the inevitable march of time.

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