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.
Robert Siodmak
Artur Brauner
Ladislas Fodor
Richard Angst
Riz Ortolani
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
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