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.

• Robert SiodmakDirector
• Riz OrtolaniOriginal Music Composer
• Ladislas FodorScreenplay
• Sergiu NicolaescuDirector
• Andrew MartonDirector

• Laurence HarveyCethegus
• Orson WellesJustinian
• Sylva KoscinaEmpress Theodora
• Harriet AnderssonMathaswintha
• Honor BlackmanAmalaswintha
• Robert HoffmannTotila
• Michael DunnNarses
• Ingrid BoultingJulia
• Lang JeffriesBelisarius
• Florin PiersicWitichis
• Emanoil PetruţTeja
• Friedrich von LedeburHildebrand