The Fall of the Roman Empire
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: Disc 1: Feature commentary with Bill Bronston (son of producer Samuel Bronston) and Mel Martin (biographer of Samuel Bronston); Rome in Madrid: 1964 promotional film; original theatrical trailer; filmographies; still gallery ; Disc 2: "The rise and fall of an epic production:" the making of the film; "The rise and fall of an empire:" an historical look at the real Roman Empire; Hollywood vs. History: an historical analysis; Dimitri Tiomkin: scoring the Roman Empire.
Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guinness, James Mason, Christopher Plummer, John Ireland, Mel Ferrer, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quayle.
Marcus Aurelius Antonius is philosopher-emperor of Rome who summons his empire's governors and princes to his German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir, Commodus. Overhearing this, Cleander, a blind prophet loyal to Commodus, presents Marcus with a poisoned apple. After the funeral, Livius, who does not share Lucilla's ambition for himself or Rome, allows Commodus to proclaim himself emperor. While pestilence ravages Rome, Commodus continues his vain, licentious behavior. He ultimately neglects to deal with all symptoms of unrest and banishing anyone reminding him of his responsibilities.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (letterbox, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital, digitally remastered.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
English dialogue, Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
Santa Monica : Distributed by Genius Products, 2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 2 videodiscs (185 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1594447365
9781594447365
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Bronston, Samuel.
Barzman, Ben.
Franchina, Basilio, 1914-
Yordan, Philip.
Mann, Anthony, 1906-1967.
Loren, Sophia, 1934-
Boyd, Stephen, 1931-1977.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000.
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
Plummer, Christopher.
Ireland, John, 1914-1992.
Ferrer, Mel.
Sharif, Omar, 1932-
Quayle, Anthony, 1913-1989.
Tiomkin, Dimitri, 1894-1979.
Samuel Bronston Productions, Inc.
Weinstein Company.
Genius Products, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Commodus, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 161-192 -- Drama.
Marcus Aurelius, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 121-180 -- Drama.
Lucilla, Annia Aurelia Galeria, -- Empress, consort of Lucius Verus, Emperor of Rome, -- 150-182 -- Drama.
Emperors -- Rome -- Drama.
Emperors -- Succession -- Rome -- Drama.
Rome -- History -- Commodus, 180-192 -- Drama.
Feature films.
Epic films.
Historical films.
Adventure films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Ancient world -- Feature.
Historical -- Feature.
Adventure -- Feature.
Feature films.
Epic films.
Historical films.
Adventure films.