La caduta dell'impero romano

Titolo originale: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Regia: Anthony Mann |
Anno: 1964
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Storia Guerra
Tag: epic | roman empire | ancient rome | barbarian | chariot | thoughtful | 2nd century | poisoning | commodus | cómodo | fall roman empire | fall empire | dramatic |
Cast: Sophia Loren | Stephen Boyd | Alec Guinness | James Mason | Christopher Plummer | Anthony Quayle | John Ireland | Omar Sharif | Mel Ferrer | Eric Porter | Finlay Currie | Andrew Keir | Douglas Wilmer | George Murcell | Norman Wooland | Michael Gwynn | Virgílio Teixeira | Peter Damon | Rafael Luis Calvo | Lena von Martens | Roland Carey | Margaret Fuller | Mario Ghignone | Gabriella Licudi | Jeffrey O'Kelly | Robert Rietti | Guy Rolfe | José Terrón | Friedrich von Ledebur | Patricia Wright |

Nell'anno 180, durante una guerra contro i Barbari in Germania, l'anziano imperatore romano Marco Aurelio viene avvelenato dal figlio Commodo, a cui passa il potere imperiale. Intanto i popoli barbari continuano a premere lungo le frontiere dell'Impero romano. Presto Commodo dovrà render conto alla sorella Lucilla e al di lei amante, Livio, della sua condotta sanguinaria. Dallo scontro finale emergerà la morte dell'imperatore e l'abbandono a se stesso dell'Impero, poiché né Lucilla né Livio ne rileveranno la toga imperiale.

Approfondimenti

Budgeted at about $20 million, this was Paramount Pictures' biggest flop of 1964. Its failure c [...] D
Anthony Quayle, Omar Sharif, and Alec Guinness previously starred together in Lawrence d'Arabia [...] D
Omar Sharif only has four lines despite playing the female lead's husband. D
Film debut of Eric Porter (Julianus). D
Historian Will Durant was engaged to advise on period detail and plot. D
Sophia Loren's salary for this movie was $1 million. She was the second actress, behind Elizabe [...] D
The opening and closing narration is derived from historian Will Durant's "Caesar and Christ", [...] D
The symbol Timonides wears around his neck is a staurogram, an early symbol of Christianity. It [...] D
This was to be the first of three movies made by producer Samuel Bronston and screenwriter Phil [...] D
Stephen Boyd blamed the massive commercial failure of this movie for ruining his movie career. [...] D
Director Anthony Mann filmed for 143 days, while second-unit directors Yakima Canutt and Andrew [...] D
Alec Guinness became good friends with Sophia Loren. On an evening out, Loren persuaded Guinnes [...] D
Stephen Boyd replaced Charlton Heston. They co-starred in Ben-Hur (1959). D
Jack Palance turned down the role of Ballomar. D
Alec Guinness, who plays Christopher Plummer's father, went on to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "S [...] D
The various ancient Rome settings covered 55 acres (222,507 square meters). D
Film debut of Margaret Fuller. D
The completed film was passed by the British Board of Film Censors with a "U" certificate on 12 [...] D
Adjusted for inflation, this lost $126 million for its investors. D
Mel Ferrer only has nine lines. D
The relationship between Stephen Boyd and Stephen Boyd in this movie (rivals, then enemies, inc [...] D
Filming the outdoor scenes was very difficult during the harsh winter of 1962-63. D
Sara Montiel was offered the role of Lucilla but turned it down. D
As a bonus prize, The Price Is Right (1956) gave away a role as an extra in this movie. The win [...] D
Yakima Canutt directed the chariot race down a mountain road between Christopher Plummer and St [...] D
One of the movies Christine Kaufmann turned down after her 1962 Golden Globe win. D
The Roman Forum still holds the record as the largest outdoor set ever built for a movie, 1312 [...] D
Although he did not like the script and saw only a few minutes of the finished film, Alec Guinn [...] D
This movie was shot in 70mm Ultra Panavision by Robert Krasker. D
Alec Guinness admitted that he never saw more than 20 minutes of the completed movie. D
Christopher Plummer was amazed at the lavishness of the production. A Rolls-Royce was at his di [...] D
This movie was originally intended to be made after El Cid (1961), and reunite Charlton Heston [...] D
On the flight to Spain, one of this movie's writers struck up a conversation with Alec Guinness [...] D
This was one of the few Ultra Panavision 70 movies not exhibited in Cinerama. D
Christopher Plummer and [ James Mason] would later appear in Gesù di Nazareth (1977). D
Christopher Plummer, James Mason, and Sir Anthony Quayle appeared in Assassinio su commissione [...] D
UK distribution rights passed to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, and subsequently Universal Pict [...] D
Christopher Plummer was 33 at the time of filming. His character, Commodus, became Emperor at a [...] D
Richard Harris was originally cast as Commodus. He withdrew because of artistic differences wit [...] D
The "Battle of the Four Armies" involved 8,000 soldiers, including 1,200 cavalry, and was shot [...] D
Kirk Douglas turned the movie down, even though he wanted to work with Sophia Loren. D
Sarah Miles turned down the role of Lucilla because she didn't want to travel. D

Frase

Commodus: Gaius Livius! Warrior! Voyager! Liviu [...] D
Livius: Lucilla. You're beautiful. Lucilla: "Yo [...] D
Lucilla: People of Rome! People of Rome! Quickly [...] D
Victorinus: We're in command now Livius, the thr [...] D
Senator: How does an empire die? Does it collaps [...] D
Livius: Known, yet not known. Lucilla: Known an [...] D
Timonides: As you see there is more than enough [...] D
Commodus: Sister! Verulus: If he'd not been Cae [...] D
Lucilla: Rome has changed. It's now crawling wit [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: [as he feels a sharp pain in hi [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: You have such a gift for life, [...] D
Timonides: Men of Rome, men of Rome! Do not touc [...] D
Livius: A few days longer, Caesar, we'll bring y [...] D
Lucilla: Livius. Livius. Livius: Lucilla. Lucil [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: What is another day to offer yo [...] D
Timonides: Fellow Romans. I am a teacher, and as [...] D
Timonides: I'm not worthy of it. Barbarians! Mon [...] D
Timonides: Let us transform my friends from men [...] D
Commodus: I've finally understood why they have [...] D
Lucilla: People of Rome! Cry out! Death it is ne [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: We've had to fight long wars. Y [...] D
Commodus: Father thinks too much. Livius: There [...] D
Livius: You were always with me. Everywhere. I t [...] D
Commodus: If you listen carefully... you will he [...] D
Commodus: I offered you everything and yet you p [...] D
Commodus: When my father was dying, I spoke to t [...] D
Commodus: I've been made a god. Did you know? [...] D
Closing Narrator: This was the beginning of the [...] D
Timonides: Romans! Romans! Romans! Romans! Now c [...] D
Lucilla: I thought, by living alone away from th [...] D
Ballomar: Don't you want us Roman? Timonides: Y [...] D
Verulus: Ceasar, you are unarmed. Even a woman w [...] D
Livius: [standing over the body of Timonides] Wh [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: Death is in the order of things [...] D
Timonides: Although I've been a slave, I'm not a [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: When I was a child, Timonides, [...] D
Timonides: [when Ballomar threatens to continue [...] D
Commodus: Now, I wish to see Rome once more the [...] D
Lucilla: Gods of Rome. Your empire has died! The [...] D
Lucilla: In these buildings, you store all the w [...] D
Lucilla: As the dog fears the eagle, as the lamb [...] D
Marcus Aurelius: You have a heart for it, Livius [...] D
Commodus: I loved you, Livius. Yet now you must [...] D

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