The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.
Cast
Orson Welles
Justinian
Laurence Harvey
Cethegus
Sylva Koscina
Theodora
Harriet Andersson
Mathawsintha
Michael Dunn
Narses
Ingrid Boulting
Julia (as Ingrid Brett)
Dieter Eppler
Thorsmund
Lang Jeffries
Belisar
Robert Hoffmann
Totila
Ewa Strömberg
Rauthgundis
Mircea Anghelescu
Aligern
Ion Dichiseanu
Furius
Adela Mărculescu
Aspa
Adrian Mihai
Unknown
Emanoil Petruţ
Teja
Florin Piersic
Witichis
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hildebrand
Fory Etterle
Unknown
Joachim Nottke
Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
Andrew Marton
Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
Robert Siodmak
Director
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Director, Second Unit Director of Photography
Ladislas Fodor
Writer
David Ambrose
Adaptation
Felix Dahn
Novel
Alfred Srp
Editor
Richard Angst
Director of Photography
Artur Brauner
Producer
Peter Hahne
Line Producer
Kuli Sander
Production Design
Ernst Schomer
Production Design
Irms Pauli
Costume Design
Joe Pollini
Second Unit Director of Photography
Doru Năstase
Second Unit Director of Photography
Riz Ortolani
Original Music Composer
Szabolcs Cseh
Stunts
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