The Fight for Rome

Name: The Fight for Rome
Director: Robert Siodmak
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Released: 1968-12-17
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina, Harriet Andersson, Honor Blackman

Directed by Robert Siodmak

Adventure

Drama

History

19681h 43m5.4

Overview

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.