• 
  Andrew Marton

  regizor

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  Ladislas Fodor

  scenarist

• 
  Orson Welles

  Justinian
• 
  Florin Piersic

  Witichis
• 
  Ion Dichiseanu

  Furius
• 
  Laurence Harvey

  Cethegus
• 
  Mircea Anghelescu

  Aligern
• 
  Sylva Koscina

  Theodora

• 
  Harriet Andersson

  Mathawsintha
• 
  Robert Hoffmann

  Totila
• 
  Ingrid Boulting

  Julia
• 
  Dieter Eppler

  Thorismund
• 
  Adrian Mihai
• 
  Friedrich von Ledebur

  Hildebrand
• 
  Michael Dunn (I)

  Narses

• 
  Emanoil Petruț

  Teja
• 
  Adela Mărculescu

  Aspa

• 
  Artur Brauner

  producător
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  Richard Angst

  imagine
• 
  Riz Ortolani

  coloană sonoră