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The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964

Anthony Mann

Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Christopher Plummer, Alec Guinness ...

6.6

3,637

Adventure. Drama Marcus Aurelius Antonius, philosopher-emperor of Rome, summons his empire's governors and princes to German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the funeral, Livius, who does not share Lucilla's ambition ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"Though lacking the mythic clarity of El Cid - Mann's other epic for Samuel Bronston - this is a superior example of the genre."	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"A giant-size, three-hour, sweepingly pictorial entertainment. It probably tells all that most film fans will want to know about the glory, grandeur and greed of Rome"	POS

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