Film
Theodora, Slave Empress
France · Italy- Director
- Riccardo Freda
- Year
- 1954
Mistress Of A Barbaric Empire - Master Of An Unconquerable Emperor!
Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. But the divide between nobility and slave is too great. Teodora seeks justice for her people, and revolution and armed conflict erupt in both Byzantium and Rome.
Top cast
Gianna Maria Canale
Teodora
Georges Marchal
Giustiniano
Henri Guisol
Giovanni di Cappadocia
Roger Pigaut
Andres
Renato Baldini
Arcas
Irene Papas
Faidia
Olga Solbelli
Egina
Alessandro Fersen
Metropolita
Nerio Bernardi
Belisario
Carlo Sposito
Scarpios
Loris Gizzi
Smirnos
Mario Siletti
Il magistrato
Giovanni Fagioli
Il cancelliere di corte
Oscar Andriani
Il difensore di Scarpios
Umberto Silvestri
L'atleta cieco
Directed by
Riccardo Freda
Written by
Riccardo Freda, René Wheeler, André-Paul Antoine, Ranieri Cochetti
Produced by
Riccardo Freda