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Film: The Fall Of The Roman Empire

Alec Guinness

Sophia Loren

Stephen Boyd

James Mason

Christopher Plummer

Anthony Quayle

John Ireland

Mel Ferrer

Omar Sharif

Eric Porter

Samuel Bronston

Philip Yordan

Ben Barzman

Anthony Mann

The Fall of the Roman Empire

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Drama: Historical

23/11/2002

BBC Two - The Fall of the Roman Empire

After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor.

Historical epic starring Alec Guinness and Sophia Loren. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, his cruel son Commodus becomes emperor and quickly reveals a tyrannical streak.

Star-studded recreation of the death throes of the greatest empire in world history. After Marcus Aurelius is poisoned, the role of emperor goes not to his adopted son as he had wished, but to his cruel son Commodus - who soon displays a tyrannical streak.

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