The Fall of the Roman Empire
“Never before a spectacle like the fall of the Roman empire”
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decision about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
Genres
Drama, History, War
Studio
Samuel Bronston Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Fall of the Roman Empire performed
Budget
$19.0M
Worldwide Gross
$4.8M
Gross Profit
−$14.3M
Return
0.3× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$684K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lucilla
Sophia Loren
Lucilla
Livius
Stephen Boyd
Livius
Marcus Aurelius
Alec Guinness
Marcus Aurelius
Timonides
James Mason
Timonides
Commodus
Christopher Plummer
Commodus
Verulus
Anthony Quayle
Verulus
Ballomar
John Ireland
Ballomar
Sohamus
Omar Sharif
Sohamus
Cleander
Mel Ferrer
Cleander
Julianus
Eric Porter
Julianus
Senator
Finlay Currie
Senator
Polybius
Andrew Keir
Polybius
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