The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Anthony Mann

Escritores:

Ben Barzman (written by) &
Basilio Franchina (written by) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 marzo 1964 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Historia

Frase comercial:

The Most Magnificent Re-Creation . . . Of An Ancient Empire . . . Launches A New Epoch In Motion Pictures . . .

Plot:

Action-packed look at the beginnings of the fall of the Roman Empire. Here is the glory, the greed and grandeur that was Rome...

Plot Keywords:

Emperor | Roman Empire | Decadence Of The Roman Empire | Beautiful Woman | Funeral Pyre

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

The Nail in the Coffin

Reparto

Sophia Loren	...	Lucilla
Stephen Boyd	...	Livius
Alec Guinness	...	Marcus Aurelius
James Mason	...	Timonides
Christopher Plummer	...	Commodus
Anthony Quayle	...	Verulus
John Ireland	...	Ballomar
Omar Sharif	...	Sohamus
Mel Ferrer	...	Cleander
Eric Porter	...	Julianus
Finlay Currie	...	Senator
Andrew Keir	...	Polybius
Douglas Wilmer	...	Niger
George Murcell	...	Victorinus
Norman Wooland	...	Virgilianus
Michael Gwynn	...	Cornelius
Virgilio Teixeira	...	Marcellus (as Virgilio Texera)
Peter Damon	...	Claudius
Rafael Calvo	...	Lentulus
Lena von Martens	...	Helva (as Lena Von Martens)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Roland Carey	...	Barbarian (uncredited)
Margaret Fuller	...	Part of Court (uncredited)
Gabriella Licudi	...	Tauna (uncredited)
Jeffrey O'Kelly	...	Brother of Livius (uncredited)
Robert Rietty	...	Opening narration (uncredited)
Guy Rolfe	...	Marius (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur	...	Barbarian (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Anthony Mann

Créditos del guión
Ben Barzman		(written by) &
Basilio Franchina		(written by) &
Philip Yordan		(written by)

Producida por
Samuel Bronston	....	producer
Jaime Prades	....	associate producer
Michal Waszynski	....	associate executive producer (as Michael Waszynski)

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
Robert Krasker

Montaje por
Robert Lawrence

Casting
Maude Spector

Diseño de producción por
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Decorados
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Diseño de vestuario por
Veniero Colasanti
John Moore

Departamento de maquillaje
Grazia De Rossi	....	hair stylist
Mario Van Riel	....	makeup artist
José Luis Pérez	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
C.O. Erickson	....	executive production manager
Tadeo Villalba	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Yakima Canutt	....	second unit director
José López Rodero	....	assistant director: first unit
José María Ochoa	....	assistant director: second unit
Andrew Marton	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Julio Sempere	....	second second assistant director (uncredited in original version)

Departamento de Arte
Stanley Detlie	....	master of properties
José María Alarcón	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Luciano Arroyo	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Julián Martín	....	painter (uncredited)
Vicente Sempere Sempere	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi	....	head scenic painter (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Milton C. Burrow	....	sound effects editor (as Milton Burrow)
David Hildyard	....	sound mixer
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound re-recordist
Otto Snel	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Alex Weldon	....	special effects

Especialistas
Jerry Brown	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
John Harris	....	camera operator
Cecilio Paniagua	....	camera operator: second unit
Bruno Pasqualini	....	supervising electrician
Vincent Rossell	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Gloria Musetta	....	wardrober

Departamento de Edición
Magdalena Paradell	....	assistant to editor

Departamento de Música
George Korngold	....	music editor
Dimitri Tiomkin	....	conductor
Cecil Bolton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Frank Comstock	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Robert Docker	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Samuel Bronston	....	presenter
Will Durant	....	consultant
Carl Gibson	....	supervising technician
Maciek Piotrowski	....	title backgrounds and murals
Elaine Schreyeck	....	continuity
George Tyne	....	dialogue coach
Enzo Musumeci Greco	....	master of arms (uncredited)
Friedrich von Ledebur	....	horse master (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Samuel Bronston Productions

Distribuidores

• Paramount Pictures (1964) (USA) (theatrical)
• J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1964) (UK) (theatrical)
• J. Arthur Rank Film (1964) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1969) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• ClassicLine (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• VCI Home Video (video)
• Video Film Express (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Cerratelli & Peruzzi  costumes suplied

También conocida como:

La caída del imperio romano (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

188 min | Sweden:172 min (1970 re-release) | Sweden:176 min | Argentina:184 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (35 mm optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

South Korea:12 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | UK:U | USA:Unrated | West Germany:12 | Argentina:13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Compañía:

Samuel Bronston Productions

Trivialidades:

Stephen Boyd blamed the massive commercial failure of The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) for ruining his movie career.

Errores:

Continuidad: During the funeral pyre of Marcus Aurelius, which Commodus and Livius are holding the torch, their hands move further away from the flame between shots.

Citas:

Livius: You're beautiful.
Lucilla: You're beautiful.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in 'Kingdom of Heaven': Interactive Production Grid (2005) (V)

The Nail in the Coffin

the philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guiness) summons the leaders of the Empire to the northern Frontier. he plans to announce his desire to place his power in the hands of his loyal star general (Boyd), rather than to his wild, unpredictable son Commodus (Plummer). He is killed before doing so and the Empire crumbles under Commodus.

"The Fall of the Roman Empire" was the nail in its genre's coffin. Ponderous, expensive, it bombed and put the swords'n'sandals epic in a coma for a good 34 years, until the arrival of "Gladiator", with which it shares quite a few story similarities. But where Ridley Scott's film is lean and mean, Anthony Mann's is slow, stately and overly in love with its production design. It also has undeniable weaknesses. Stephen Boyd is bland and uninteresting, Sophia Lauren is painfully bad in many scenes, and the haughty tone is often overbearing, as if the film were too important to bother with simple, human emotions (though whenever it does, it fails, as the calamitous romantic scenes prove). It never helps that the music is ghastly beyond words.

This epic does have its supporters, however, and a few very precise elements are the cause of that: the sets are indeed sumptuous, John Mason keeps his dignity and his scenes with Alec Guiness are a pleasure to watch. The hero to worship here is Christopher Plummer. Plummer can do dark and ambitious, but he is unnervingly charming and dangerous as Commodus.

So in fewer words: not a complete waste of your time. A film that could have been better with different actors as its romantic leads.