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.

Genres

Cast

Laurence Harvey

Cethegus

Orson Welles

Justinian

Sylva Koscina

Empress Theodora

Harriet Andersson

Mathaswintha

Honor Blackman

Amalaswintha

Robert Hoffmann

Totila

Michael Dunn

Narses

Ingrid Boulting

Julia

Lang Jeffries

Belisarius

Florin Piersic

Witichis

Emanoil Petruţ

Teja

Friedrich von Ledebur

Hildebrand