Kampf um Rom

Kampf um Rom (English language title: The Last Roman) is a West German-Italian historical drama film starring Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina and Honor Blackman. It was produced by Artur Brauner and was the last film to be directed by Robert Siodmak. It was originally released in two parts (Kampf um Rom 1. Teil and Kampf um Rom 2. Teil: Der Verrat) in 1968 and 1969 as a late installment of the sword-and-sandal genre. Kampf um Rom shows the 6th-century power struggle between Byzantine emperor Justinian, the descendants of the Western Roman Empire and the Ostrogoths. The film is based on a novel by Felix Dahn.

"The Last Roman" redirects here. For the historical term, see Last of the Romans.
Kampf um Rom
The Last Roman
Directed byRobert Siodmak
Sergiu Nicolaescu/ Andrew Marton (2nd unit)
Written byLadislas Fodor
(novel: Felix Dahn, adapted by David Ambrose)
Produced byArtur Brauner
StarringLaurence Harvey
Orson Welles
Sylva Koscina
CinematographyRichard Angst
Edited byAlfred Srp
Music byRiz Ortolani
Production
companies
CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Pegaso Film S.r.l., in cooperation with Studioul Cinematografic Bucuresti
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release dates
1968 (part I)
1969 (part II)
1976 (one-part German version)
Running time
103 minutes (part I)
83 minutes (part II)
93 minutes (one-part version)
CountriesWest Germany, Italy
LanguageGerman
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