The Fall of the Roman Empire
Director: Anthony Mann
Genre: War film, Period piece, Epic, Sword and Sandal, Historical Epic, Historical Film, Drama
Year: 1964
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Alec Guinness, Finlay Currie, Omar Sharif, Stephen Boyd, Mel Ferrer, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, Sophia Loren, Douglas Wilmer, Andrew Keir, Eric Porter, John Ireland, Anthony Quayle
The Fall of the Roman Empire is a 1964 English-language epic film produced by Samuel Bronston Productions and the Rank Organisation, and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston with Jaime Prades and Michal Waszynski as associate producers. The screenplay was by Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina and Philip Yordan. It was photographed in 70mm Ultra Panavision by Robert Krasker, with an original music score by Dimitri Tiomkin. The historian Will Durant was engaged to advise on period detail and plot. The 2000 film Gladiator was not a formal 'remake' but has many points of contact with this movie.
The film starred Sophia Loren (Lucilla), Stephen Boyd (Livius), Alec Guinness (Marcus Aurelius), James Mason (Timonides), Christopher Plummer (Commodus), Mel Ferrer (Cleander) and Omar Sharif (Sohaemus, King of Armenia) with Finlay Currie (Caecina), Anthony Quayle (Verulus), John Ireland (Ballomar), Eric Porter (Julianus), Andrew Keir (Polybius), Douglas Wilmer (Niger) and George Murcell (Victorinus).
The film was a financial failure at the box-office. However, it is considered unusually intelligent and thoughtful for a film of the
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