The Fight for Rome

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.

Cast

Laurence Harvey

Cethegus

Orson Welles

Justinian

Sylva Koscina

Empress Theodora

Harriet Andersson

Mathaswintha