The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Fall of the Roman Empire |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| Screenplay | |
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| Production company | |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
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Cast
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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Crew
| Director | |
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| Screenplay | |
| Producer | |
| Director of Photography | |
| Music | |
| Film Editor |
Cast
| Sophia Loren | Lucilla | ||
| Stephen Boyd | Livius | ||
| James Mason | Timonides | ||
| Christopher Plummer | Commodus | ||
| Alec Guinness | Marcus Aurelius | ||
| Anthony Quayle | Verulus | ||
| John Ireland | Ballomar | ||
| Mel Ferrer | Cleander | ||
| Omar Sharif | Sohamus | ||
| Eric Porter | Julianus | ||
| Douglas Wilmer | Niger | ||
| Peter Damon | Claudius | ||
| Andrew Keir | Polybius | ||
| George Murcell | Victorinus | ||
| Lena von Martens | Helva | ||
| Gabriella Licudi | Tauna | ||
| Norman Wooland | Virgilianus | ||
| Rafael Luis Calvo | Lentulus | ||
| Virgilio Texera | Marcellus | ||
| Michael Gwynn | Cornelius | ||
| Finlay Currie | Caecina | ||
| Guy Rolfe | Marius |
Companies
| Production Company | Samuel Bronston Productions Inc. | ||
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| Roma Productions | |||
| Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) | Rank Film Distributors of Sweden AB | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (DVD) | Atlantic Film AB | 2001 |
Swedish censorship / rating
| Censorship number | 108952 |
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| Date | 1970-03-06 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 11 |
| Original length | 4695 meters |
| Notes | Aktindelning: 370-460-510-510-480-310-505-345-455-365-385 = 4695 m. |
| Censorship number | 102268 |
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| Date | 1964-08-19 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 6020 meters |
| Censorship number | 102268 |
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| Date | 1964-08-19 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 4815 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.76:1 (Ultra Panavision 70) |
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| Colour type | Colour |
| Colour system | Technicolor |
| Frames per second | 24 |
Release dates
| Release in Stockholm | 1964-09-03 | Palladium | Sweden | 176 min | ||
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| Cinematheque screening | 1985-11-01 | Sweden | ||||
| 1985-11-03 | Sweden | |||||
| 1989-04-04 | Gothenburg | Sweden | ||||
| 1989-04-11 | Gothenburg | Sweden | ||||
| TV showing | 2000-09-03 | TV4 | Sweden | 169 min | ||
| 2000-10-27 | TV4 | Sweden | 169 min | |||
| DVD release | 2001-01-01 | Sweden | ||||
| Censurbeslut | 2001-02-18 | Det Danske Filmmuseum | Copenhagen | Denmark |
Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | |
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| Carrier type | 70 mm |
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| Carrier type | 70 mm |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 4682 |
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| Item base | Acetate |
| Carrier type | 35 mm |
Holdings Posters
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | Smaller than 40 x 75 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Cutting continuity |
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| Language | English |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | set |
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| Colour prints | set |
| Behind the scenes prints | No |
| Slides | set |
| Digital images | No |
| Negatives | No |
| Contact sheets | No |
| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Type | Program folio |
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Other manifestations of this work
Internet
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.78:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Frames per second | 25 |
| Length in minutes | 172 min |
| Dialogue |
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Holdings Film
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
