The Fight for Rome

5.9 (9 votes)• 1968• 103m•Released

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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.

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Languages: German

Director: Robert Siodmak, Sergiu Nicolaescu, Andrew Marton

Starring Cast: Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina, Harriet Andersson, Honor Blackman, Robert Hoffmann

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