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Watch: The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964 123movies, Full Movie Online – Intent on securing peace and prosperity throughout the mighty Roman Empire, the wise diplomat, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, calls together the local governors from all over the Empire, after conquering the Germanic tribes. With this in mind, Marcus has decided to turn over his crown and the much-coveted imperial throne to General Livius, instead of choosing his corrupt son and logical successor, Commodus. As a result, high treason and blind ambition lead to the death of Aurelius by poisoning, paving the way for a new era of oppression, endless machinations, and rapid decline. Now, as darkness prevails on the outskirts of the Empire where the Roman legions struggle to subdue the invading hordes, delusional Commodus declares himself a god, and no one is safe; not even Aurelius’ daughter, Lucilla. Can anyone stop the fall of the Roman Empire?.
Plot: In the year 180 AD 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 decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
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“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”
In the year 180 A.D., the emperor Marcus Aurelius, who led his Roman legions against the Germanic tribes along the Danube frontier, has been at war for 17 years and lived under very difficult conditionsNow he invited every governor, every consul and every prince in the whole empire for one particular purpose All responded to his call coming from the deserts of Egypt, from the mountains of Armenia, from the forest of Gaul and the prairies of Spain
Marcus Aurelius greets them as friends, and tells them that in the whole world, only two small frontiers are still hostile to Rome One, here in the north which separates the Roman Empire from those who are called barbarians, the other, in the east of Persia Only on these two borders Rome is finding walls, palisades, forts and hatred But these are not the frontiers he wants He wants and needs human frontiers, the vision of a family of nations
For the great emperor time is short, and there is a decision which he can no longer delay He has sacrificed the love of his son as Commodus will never be his heir His wish is that Livius, the commander of the northern army, should succeed him, and he intends to present him to the leaders of the empire openly as his successor… He has hope that the position and responsibilities would make his son grow up as Commodus is interested only in games and gladiators…
Guiness’ ailing Marcus Aurelius had hope that his daughter would not have a marriage without love And he knows better than anyone what a marriage without love can mean But his fears for the empire are reasonable The east is where the danger lies He must make an alliance that will show the whole world what value Rome place on her eastern frontier An alliance with Armenia
Boyd’s weary Galius Livius saw suddenly his world has become strange He’s not sure where he is He knows only the ways of war He would not know how to make allies out of the barbarians But if he has to choose between being Caesar’s heir or Lucilla’s love, he chooses her love
Loren’s lovely Lucilla makes it hard for her father to take leave of this life She knows that her father loves her, but how could her life mean anything without love? It is out of love that she dared so much
Plummer’s slimy Commodus pushes the eastern provinces to rebellion in smashing and destroying everything his father did He makes it clear to his sister that he refused to give her anymore chances to prop against him
Mason’s genteel Timonides has been a slave, but he’s not accustomed to pain He is a philosopher and he is weak
Ferrer’s treacherous Cleander knows that Caesar will accept fruit from him He also knows that his blade carries a deadly poison
Quayle’s gladiator Verulus snores, in the moment of truth, a deep family secret
Sharif’s king Sohamus hopes for a lovely part of Rome
With a cast of thousands, massive battle sequences, exciting chariot races, brutal hand to hand combat, gorgeous scenery, impressive set design, Anthony Mann’s motion picture is a long ride of epic proportions not designed only to entertain but to expose how gold and corruption can undermine the biggest empire the world has ever known
Review By: Nazi_Fighter_David
Shakespearian
The title refers to the corrupting politics setting the stage for the final collapse of the Roman Empire far in the future. Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guinness) is the aging Roman Emperor. His closest supporters are the ethical general Gaius Livius (Stephen Boyd) and Greek former slave Timonides (James Mason). Livius is in love with Aurelius’ daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren). Aurelius wants to make Livius his heir instead of his son Commodus (Christopher Plummer). This sets off a series of dark events with consequences that will bring down an empire.Although this is a sword and sandal epic, it has more in common with a Shakespearian play. There are some action battles and big set pieces. The settings are impressive. There are some big scenes with lots of extras. It is however more reliant on an epic of human drama. Some of the acting can be old fashion but that’s par for the course. Loren comes off a little stiff while Plummer revels in some broader work. In a way, it fits the Shakespearian feel. This is a nice example of a lesser known Hollywood epic.
Review By: SnoopyStyle
Other Information:
Original Title The Fall of the Roman Empire
Release Date 1964-03-24
Release Year 1964
Original Language en
Runtime 3 hr 8 min (188 min), 2 hr 56 min (176 min) (Sweden), 3 hr 4 min (184 min) (Argentina), 2 hr 52 min (172 min) (1970 re-release) (Sweden)
Budget 19000000
Revenue 4750000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Drama, History, War
Director Anthony Mann
Writer Ben Barzman, Basilio Franchina, Philip Yordan
Actors Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Technical Information:
Sound Mix Mono (35 mm optical prints), 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm prints), 2.76 : 1 (negative ratio), 2.35 : 1 (35 mm prints)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 65 mm (Eastman 50T 5251)
Cinematographic Process Ultra Panavision 70 (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm, 70 mm (Eastman 5385), 8 mm
Original title The Fall of the Roman Empire
TMDb Rating 6.573 151 votes
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