The Fall of Rome (film)

The Fall of Rome
The Fall of Rome
Directed by	Anthony Dawson
Screenplay by	Gianni Astolfi; Mauro Mancini; Anthony Dawson;
Produced by	Marco Vicario
Starring	Carl Möhner; Loredana Nusciak; Jim Dolen; Laura Rocca;
Edited by	Renato Cinquini
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production; company	Atlantica Cinematografica
Release date	February 28, 1963 (Italy);
Running time	89 minutes
Country	Italy

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

Plot edit

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 edit

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 edit

Fall of Rome was released in Italy on February 28, 1963.^[1]^[2]

Reception edit

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.^[3]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 55.
^ ^a ^b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 56.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Crollo di Roma, Il (Rome in Flames), Italy, 1962". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 30, no. 348. London: British Film Institute. 1963. p. 115.
^ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari. Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN 8884405033.
^ Gianfranco Casadio (2007). I mitici eroi: il cinema "peplum" nel cinema italiano dall'avvento del sonoro a oggi (1930-1993). Longo, 2007. ISBN 978-8880635291.