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1954 · 88 mins · Italian
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Directed by
Riccardo Freda
Starring
Irene Papas, Umberto Silvestri, Renato Baldini, Georges Marchal, Carlo Sposito, Henri Guisol

Former courtesan and slave, Teodora rises to become Empress of Rome after marrying Emperor Justinian. Confronted by the gulf between aristocracy and the enslaved, she champions justice for the oppressed, sparking rebellion and armed clashes across Byzantium and Rome.

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