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.
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Cast
- 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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