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.

CAST

Laurence HarveyCethegus

Orson WellesJustinian

Sylva KoscinaEmpress Theodora

Harriet AnderssonMathaswintha

Honor BlackmanAmalaswintha

Robert HoffmannTotila

Michael DunnNarses

Ingrid BoultingJulia

Lang JeffriesBelisarius

Florin PiersicWitichis

Emanoil PetruţTeja

Friedrich von LedeburHildebrand

Dieter EpplerThorismund

Ewa StrömbergRauthgundis

Ion DichiseanuFurius