[Source](https://www.filmaffinity.com/ve/filmimages.php?movie_id=914854)
In 1964, one of the great and last epic films considered classics was released... Quite an epic...
Its title was The Fall of the Roman Empire, an underrated gem that the passage of time has deservedly begun to rehabilitate and place in its rightful place: a very good film and a great effort as a production with spectacular results in its staging and action sequences ...
It also shows the greatness of that empire and also its meanness based on political and personal betrayals... and above all it shows us how greed and uncontrolled ambition is capable of destroying, not only all kinds of people, but also of rotting the coexistence of nations, and that in this case, it was an entire Empire...
The story centres on Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his relationship with the Roman general Livy, played by Alec Guinness. As the empire faces threats both internally and externally, a series of events unfolds that lead to its inevitable fall.
The most misunderstood and punished film of the producer Samuel Broston...
If visually it is a spectacle, its artistic cast was extraordinary among the actors:
Sophia Loren: She played Lucilla, a Roman noblewoman and the female protagonist of the story.
Stephen Boyd: Played Livy, a Roman general and the film's male lead.
Alec Guinness: Played Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor.
Christopher Plummer: Played Commodus, the son of Marcus Aurelius and the main antagonist of the story.
Impeccable soundtrack composed by Dimitri Tiomkin.
[Source](https://historiaeweb.com/2015/09/09/critica-caida-imperio-romano/)
