On screen
Cast
19 credited performers
Orson Welles
Justinian
Laurence Harvey
Cethegus
Sylva Koscina
Theodora
Harriet Andersson
Mathawsintha
Michael Dunn
Narses
Ingrid Boulting
Julia (as Ingrid Brett)
Dieter Eppler
Thorsmund
Lang Jeffries
Belisar
Robert Hoffmann
Totila
Ewa Strömberg
Rauthgundis
Mircea Anghelescu
Aligern
Ion Dichiseanu
Furius
Adela Mărculescu
Aspa
Artwork unavailable
Adrian Mihai
Character not listed
Emanoil Petruţ
Teja
Florin Piersic
Witichis
Friedrich von Ledebur
Hildebrand
Fory Etterle
Character not listed
Artwork unavailable
Joachim Nottke
Narrator (uncredited)