The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) |
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| Director(s) | Anthony Mann |
| Producer(s) | Michal Waszynski, Samuel Bronston |
| Top Genres | Drama, Epic, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | Period Piece |
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Sophia Loren(as Lucilla)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
Sophia Loren
(as Lucilla)
Stephen Boyd(as Livius)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
Stephen Boyd
(as Livius)
Alec Guinness(as Marcus Aurelius)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
Alec Guinness
(as Marcus Aurelius)
James Mason(as Timonides)
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
James Mason
(as Timonides)
Christopher Plummer(as Commodus)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Christopher Plummer
(as Commodus)
Anthony Quayle(as Verulus)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Anthony Quayle
(as Verulus)
John Ireland(as Ballomar)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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John Ireland
(as Ballomar)
Omar Sharif(as Sohamus)
The Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
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1964
Omar Sharif
(as Sohamus)
The Fall of the Roman Empire Overview:
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Michal Waszynski and Samuel Bronston.
Academy Awards 1964 --- Ceremony Number 37 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Dimitri Tiomkin | Nominated |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire Quotes:
Victorinus:
We're in command now Livius, the throne is yours.
Senator: Gaius Mettelus Livius, the people are asking for you.
Livius: You would not find me very suitable, because my first official act would be to have you all crucified.
Senator: Gaius Mettelus Livius, the people are asking for you.
Livius: You would not find me very suitable, because my first official act would be to have you all crucified.
Timonides:
As you see there is more than enough for ourselves. We were right Livius. There is no limit with what can be done with a human spirit, for good or evil.
Timonides:
[when Ballomar threatens to continue burning Timonides's left hand] Let's look at this logically...
Commodus:
Livius, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the gods laughing!
Timonides:
Men of Rome, men of Rome! Do not touch these people, they have become your brothers. They're Roman now. The whole Northern people will answer with fire and blood, their hatred will live for centuries. Men of Roman blood will pay for this. You will make nations to kill us all. Let us live in peace!Peace!
[Timonides is killed with a javelin in the chest]
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The film was originally intended to be made after El Cid and to reunite Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren. The set for the Forum Romanum was actually being built when Heston rejected the script but expressed an interest in '55 Days at Peking' instead. Samuel Bronston immediately ordered that the work on the Forum be stopped and the landscaping and foundation work be adapted for the Peking set. After filming, the Peking set was torn down and replaced by the Forum. If you look carefully, both sets share a very similar topography.
Stephen Boyd blamed the massive commercial failure of The Fall of the Roman Empire for ruining his movie career.
Sophia Loren's salary for the film was $1,000,000 becoming the second actress (behind Elizabeth Taylor for Cleopatra) to receive that amount for a single film.
_"Price is Right, The" (1956)_ gave the role of an extra in this film away as a bonus prize. The winner was a man named Robert Reynolds, and he can be seen in the background of one of the arena scenes.