The Fight for Rome

(1968)

★ 5.9 IMDb · 9 votes

Genres: Adventure, Drama, History

Year: 1968

Runtime: 103 мин

Country: Romania, Germany

Director: Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton

Cast: Laurence Harvey, Орсон Уэллс, Sylva Koscina, Harriet Andersson, Онор Блэкман, Robert Hoffmann, Michael Dunn, Ingrid Boulting, Lang Jeffries, Florin Piersic

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.