RC-0865

Spartacus

Film

In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by armies of slaves. One of these, a proud and gifted Thrace named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his position in a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation. By chance, he is displayed to unctuous Roman businessman Lentulus Batiatus, who - impressed by his ferocity - purchases Spartacus for his gladiatorial school, where he instructs trainer Marcellus to not overdo his indoctrination because he thinks "he has quality". Amid the abuse, Spartacus forms a quiet relationship with a serving woman named Varinia, whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to "entertain" him in his cell. Spartacus and Varinia are subsequently forced to endure numerous humiliations for defying the conditions of servitude.

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Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo · Howard Fast · Calder Willingham
Cast: Kirk Douglas · Laurence Olivier · Jean Simmons · Charles Laughton · Peter Ustinov
Genre: Action · Adventure · Drama
Runtime: 198 min
Country: United States
Music: Alex North
Cinematography: Russell Metty · Clifford Stine
Awards: Anexo:Oscar al mejor actor de reparto · Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color · Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color
Based on: Espartaco
Rating: NR (USA)
Studio: Universal Pictures
Budget: 12,000,000 $
Box office: 60,000,000 $

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Rome and the Arena

Smooth, rounded secutor helmets with two minute holes for the eyes; Thracian helmets topped with a griffin crest and a Medusa on the brow; greaves engraved with Jupiter, Neptune and Minerva; the retiarius's net and trident; the curved sica; the manica of leather wound round the arm. Around them, the oval of the amphitheatre seen from above, the hypogeum lying open like a honeycomb. And the lettering: beside each gladiator's name on the mosaics, a VICIT or a mark of death.