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.
Gianna Maria Canale
as Teodora
Georges Marchal
as Giustiniano
Henri Guisol
as Giovanni di Cappadocia
Roger Pigaut
as Andres
Renato Baldini
as Arcas
Irene Papas
as Faidia
Olga Solbelli
as Egina
Alessandro Fersen
as Metropolita
Nerio Bernardi
as Belisario
Carlo Sposito
as Scarpios
Loris Gizzi
as Smirnos
Mario Siletti
as Il magistrato
