The Fall of the Roman Empire Overview:

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Michal Waszynski and Samuel Bronston.

Academy Awards 1964 --- Ceremony Number 37 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringDimitri TiomkinNominated
.

BlogHub Articles:

No article for The Fall of the Roman Empire at this time. Submit yours here.

Quotes from

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


Commodus: Livius, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the gods laughing!


Livius: A few days longer, Caesar, we'll bring you his head.
Marcus Aurelius: No Livius, please don't bring me his head. I wouldn't know what to do with it.


read more quotes from The Fall of the Roman Empire...

Facts about

Alec Guinness admitted that he never saw more than twenty minutes of the completed film.
Budgeted at about $20 million, this was Paramount's biggest flop of 1964. Its failure cost producer Samuel Bronston his Spanish production facility.
Sophia Loren's salary for the film was $1,000,000 becoming the second actress (behind Elizabeth Taylor for Cleopatra) to receive that amount for a single film.
read more facts about The Fall of the Roman Empire...
Share this page:
Visit the Classic Movie Hub Blog CMH
Best Music - Scoring Oscar 1964











See more Academy Awards>>
Also directed by Anthony Mann




More about Anthony Mann >>
Also released in 1964




See All 1964 films >>
More "Period Piece" films



See All "Period Piece" films >>