The Fight for Rome
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1968-12-17
Runtime: 103 mins
Director: Robert Siodmak
Spoken language: Deutsch
Genres: Adventure, Drama, History
Original title: The Fight for Rome
Production Companies: Studioul Cinematografic București, Documento Film, CCC Filmkunst
Production Countries: Romania, Germany, Italy
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
Ewa Strömberg
Kampf um Rom Collection
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