

The devious general Cethegus plays the Byzantine and Gothic forces against each other for his own gain.

Orson Welles
Justinian
Lead
Laurence Harvey
Cethegus

Sylva Koscina
Theodora

Harriet Andersson
Mathawsintha

Michael Dunn
Narses

Ingrid Boulting
Julia (as Ingrid Brett)

Dieter Eppler
Thorsmund

Lang Jeffries
Belisar
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