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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   2,779 votes
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Director:
Anthony Mann
Writers:
Ben Barzman (written by) &
Basilio Franchina (written by) ...
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Release Date:
26 March 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Tagline:
The Most Magnificent Re-Creation . . . Of An Ancient Empire . . . Launches A New Epoch In Motion Pictures . . .
Plot:
Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
The Fall Of The Roman Empire
 (From The AV Club. 6 May 2008, 9:05 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
I loved it more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Untergang des römischen Reiches (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
La caída del imperio romano (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
A Queda do Império Romano (Brazil) [pt]
A római birodalom bukása (Hungary) [hu]
I ptosis tis Romaikis Aftokratorias (Greece) [el]
La caduta dell'impero romano (Italy) [it]
La chute de l'empire romain (France) [fr]
Romarrikets fall (Sweden) [sv]
Romerrigets fald (Denmark) [da]
Rooman valtakunnan tuho (Finland) [fi]
Upadek cesarstwa rzymskiego (Poland) [pl]
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Runtime:
188 min | Sweden:172 min (1970 re-release) | Sweden:176 min | Argentina:184 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
_"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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the funeral pyre of Marcus Aurelius, which Commodus and Livius are holding the torch, their hands move further away from the flame between shots. more
Quotes:
Livius: A few days longer, Caesar, we'll bring you his head.
Marcus Aurelius: No Livius, please don't bring me his head. I wouldn't know what to do with it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005) (V) more

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18 out of 30 people found the following comment useful:-
I loved it, 13 April 2004
Author: akhenaton-1 (akhenaton@bellsouth.net) from Miami, FL

I saw this movie en 1964 when I was 19 years old and enjoyed every minute of it, I have seen it again and still enjoy it. The cast is outstanding, a movie of the league of Ben Hur and The Ten Commandments. Pity that no more movies like that are made nowadays.

I still remember some of the words by Commodus (after becoming Caesar) "let it be heard in the four quarters of the Empire that I Commodus, now Caesar, proclaim Gaius Metelus Livius Pro Consul of the Roman Empire, Commander in Chief of all the Roman armies, second only to Caesar himself"

An epic indeed.

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