Release Date: 1968-12-17
Overview: 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.
Rating: 5.4 / 10
Laurence Harvey
as Cethegus
Orson Welles
as Justinian
Sylva Koscina
as Empress Theodora
Harriet Andersson
as Mathaswintha
Honor Blackman
as Amalaswintha
Robert Siodmak - Director
Felix Dahn - Novel
Ladislas Fodor - Screenplay
Richard Angst - Director of Photography
Riz Ortolani - Original Music Composer
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