Cethegus, leader of the Roman nobility, travels to Bizantium and its leader Justinian, in an attempt to raise an army to march on the Goths under Narses. Cethegus would like to set the two ...
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Laurence Harvey | ... | Cethegus | |
| Orson Welles | ... | Emperor Justinian | |
| Sylva Koscina | ... | Empress Theodora | |
| Harriet Andersson | ... | Mathaswintha | |
| Honor Blackman | ... | Amalaswintha | |
| Robert Hoffmann | ... | Totila | |
| Michael Dunn | ... | Narses | |
| Ingrid Boulting | ... | Julia (as Ingrid Brett) | |
| Lang Jeffries | ... | Belisarius | |
| Florin Piersic | ... | Witichis | |
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Emanoil Petrut | ... | Teja |
| Friedrich von Ledebur | ... | Hildebrand | |
| Dieter Eppler | ... | Thorismund | |
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Ewa Strömberg | ... | Rauthgundis |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Mircea Anghelescu | ... | Aligern |
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Cethegus, leader of the Roman nobility, travels to Bizantium and its leader Justinian, in an attempt to raise an army to march on the Goths under Narses. Cethegus would like to set the two sides to war against each other, that his own forces might take control at the outcome. Written by Adalberto Fornario
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17 December 1968 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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'Kampf um Rom' appears to be an above average epic, but the version I saw is severely compromised. The recent German DVD release crops the original Techniscope image (2.35:1) to TV dimensions (1.33:1), then masks off the top and bottom of the picture to create an ersatz 1.66:1 ratio. I'm guessing their master copy was a print prepared for television. The faded colours, specks and scratches suggest it was done many years ago. While part one appears to be intact - I'm not sure - part two is obviously edited, with clumsy jump cuts where violence has been trimmed. Judging from the widescreen trailer - included on the DVD - an entire scene was removed, where a servant becomes an unwilling participant in an orgy. The DVD distributor, Universum Film, is usually meticulous with its releases. Presumably, the negative for 'Kampf um Rom' is lost and there were no usable inter-positives or even theatrical prints. Given this major problem, I'm surprised they went ahead with the release. Under the circumstances, the lack of an English option - either soundtrack or subtitles - hardly matters.