The Fall of Rome (film)

The Fall of Rome (Italian: Il crollo di Roma) is a 1963 Italian peplum film written and directed by Antonio Margheriti.[4][5]

This article is about the film. For the historical event, see Fall of the Western Roman Empire.

The Fall of Rome
Directed by	Antonio Margheriti
Produced by	Marco Vicario[1]
Screenplay by	Gianni Astolfi Mauro Mancini Antonio Margheriti[2]
Starring	Carl Möhner Loredana Nusciak Jim Dolen Laura Rocca
Music by	Riz Ortolani[1]
Edited by	Renato Cinquini[1]
Production companies	Atlantica Cinematografica[1]
Release date	February 28, 1963 (1963-02-28) (Italy)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy[2][3]

Plot

Immediately following the death of Constantine the proconsul Junio resumed the persecutions against Christians. Among them is the centurion Mark, who manages to escape arrest and, together with her sister Licia, sets out on a journey to the consul Gaius. Attacked by soldiers of Valerio, Marco is saved with the help of a barbarian tribe, but loses Licia. Junio promises to Marco that all Christians will be freed if he agrees to fight in the arena and manages to defeat all his opponents. Accompanied by Svetla, a girl barbarian, Marco fights and returns freedom to Christians, but suddenly an earthquake strikes.

Cast

• Carl Möhner as Marco
• Loredana Nusciak as Svetla
• Andrea Aureli as Rako
• Ida Galli as Licia
• Piero Palermini as Valerio
• Giancarlo Sbragia as Giunio
• Nando Tamberlani as Matteo
• Maria Grazia Buccella as Xenia
• Jim Dolen as Caio
• Richard Ricci as Tullio
• Maria Laura Rocca as Tullio's mother
• Renato Terra

Release

Fall of Rome was released in Italy on February 28, 1963.[2][3]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin stated that outside "picturesque outdoor scenery" and "quite a lot of spectacular destruction", the film was otherwise "a completely routine affair", noting that the story comes to a complete halt when Marcus achieves victory in the arena.[1]

References

1. "Crollo di Roma, Il (Rome in Flames), Italy, 1962". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30 no. 348. London: British Film Institute. 1963. p. 115.
2. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 55.
3. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 56.
4. Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
5. Gianfranco Casadio. I mitici eroi: il cinema "peplum" nel cinema italiano dall'avvento del sonoro a oggi (1930-1993). Longo, 2007. ISBN 8880635298.

Bibliography

• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• The Fall of Rome on IMDb