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.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina, Harriet Andersson, Honor Blackman, Robert Hoffmann, Michael Dunn, Ingrid Boulting, Lang Jeffries, Florin Piersic, Emanoil Petruţ, Friedrich von Ledebur, Dieter Eppler
Crew: Robert Siodmak (Director), Felix Dahn (Novel), Ladislas Fodor (Screenplay), Richard Angst (Director of Photography), Riz Ortolani (Original Music Composer)