
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.
Release Date: 1968-12-17
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Casts

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