Kampf um Rom

Kampf um Rom The Last Roman
Directed by	Robert Siodmak Uncredited: Sergiu Nicolaescu Andrew Marton
Screenplay by	Ladislas Fodor David Ambrose (additional dialogue)
Based on	Ein Kampf um Rom by Felix Dahn
Produced by	Artur Brauner
Starring	Laurence Harvey Orson Welles Sylva Koscina
Cinematography	Richard Angst
Edited by	Alfred Srp [de]
Music by	Riz Ortolani
Production companies	CCC Filmkunst GmbH, Pegaso Film S.r.l., in cooperation with Studioul Cinematografic Bucuresti
Distributed by	Constantin Film
Release dates	1968 (1968) (part I) 1969 (1969) (part II) 1976 (1976) (one-part German version)
Running time	103 minutes (part I) 83 minutes (part II) 93 minutes (one-part version)
Countries	West Germany, Italy
Language	German

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.^[1] 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.