The Fight for Rome

The Fight for Rome — Plot

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
• December 17, 1968
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Adventure, Drama, History
• Director
• Robert Siodmak

The Fight for Rome — Cast

Laurence Harvey Cethegus Orson Welles Justinian Sylva Koscina Empress Theodora Harriet Andersson Mathaswintha Honor Blackman Amalaswintha Robert Hoffmann Totila Michael Dunn Narses Ingrid Boulting Julia