
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
6.5|24 Mar, 1964|188 min
Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire
6.5|24 Mar, 1964|188 min
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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 decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Language
Budget$19,000,000
Revenue $4,750,000
English
Budget$19,000,000
Revenue $4,750,000
Keywords
epic
roman empire
ancient rome
barbarian
chariot
thoughtful
2nd century
poisoning
commodus
cómodo
fall roman empire
fall empire
dramatic
Casts

Sophia Loren
Lucilla

Stephen Boyd
Livius

Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius

James Mason
Timonides

Christopher Plummer
Commodus

Anthony Quayle
Verulus

John Ireland
Ballomar

Omar Sharif
Sohamus

Mel Ferrer
Cleander

Eric Porter
Julianus

Finlay Currie
Senator

Andrew Keir
Polybius

Douglas Wilmer
Niger
George Murcell
Victorinus

Norman Wooland
Virgilianus

Michael Gwynn
Cornelius

Virgílio Teixeira
Marcellus

Peter Damon
Claudius

Rafael Luis Calvo
Lentulus

Lena von Martens
Helva

Roland Carey
Barbarian (uncredited)
Margaret Fuller
Part of Court (uncredited)
Mario Ghignone
Gladiators Trainer (uncredited)

Gabriella Licudi
Tauna (uncredited)
Jeffrey O'Kelly
Brother of Livius (uncredited)

Robert Rietti
Opening Narrator (voice / uncredited)

Guy Rolfe
Marius (uncredited)

José Terrón
Soldier on Horse (uncredited)

Friedrich von Ledebur
Barbarian (uncredited)

Patricia Wright
Roman Citizen, Slave Woman (uncredited)
Crews

Anthony Mann
Director

Andrew Marton
Second Unit Director
Herbert Taylor
Orchestrator

Dimitri Tiomkin
Conductor
Cecil Bolton
Orchestrator
Samuel Bronston
Presenter
Julio Sempere
Second Second Assistant Director
George Parrish
Orchestrator
David Tamkin
Orchestrator
Mauro Sacripanti
Second Assistant Director
Frank Comstock
Orchestrator
Robert Docker
Orchestrator

Ben Barzman
Screenplay
Veniero Colasanti
Production Design

Philip Yordan
Screenplay
Maude Spector
Casting

Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
John Moore
Production Design
John Moore
Set Decoration
Edward Gibbon
Author
John Moore
Costume Design
Samuel Bronston
Producer
Jaime Prades
Associate Producer
Basilio Franchina
Screenplay

Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Robert Lawrence
Editor
Veniero Colasanti
Set Decoration
Veniero Colasanti
Costume Design

Yakima Canutt
Stunt Coordinator

C.O. Erickson
Production Manager

Cecilio Paniagua
Second Unit Cinematographer
David Hildyard
Sound Mixer
John Harris
Camera Operator
Milton C. Burrow
Sound Effects Editor
Alex Weldon
Special Effects
Bruno Pasqualini
Electrician
José María Ochoa
Assistant Director
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Maciek Piotrowski
Title Illustration
Magdalena Paradell
Assistant Editor
George Korngold
Music Editor
Stanley Detlie
Property Master
Gloria Mussetta
Wardrobe Master
Mario Van Riel
Makeup Artist
Will Durant
Technical Advisor

Michał Waszyński
Associate Producer
Grazia De Rossi
Hairdresser
Elaine Schreyeck
Continuity

José López Rodero
Assistant Director
Carl Gibson
Technical Supervisor

George Tyne
Dialogue Coach

Yakima Canutt
Second Unit Director
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