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The Magnificent Gladiator

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The Magnificent Gladiator
Directed byAlfonso Brescia
Screenplay byAlfonso Brescia[1]
Produced byAnacleto Fontini[1]
Starring
CinematographyPier Ludovico Pavoni[1]
Edited byNelle Nannuzzi[1]
Music byMarcello Giombini[1]
Production
company
Seven Film[1]
Release date
  • 31 December 1964 (1964-12-31) (Italy)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[1]

The Magnificent Gladiator (Template:Lang-it) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia.

Plot

Attalus (or anachronistically "Hercules" in the English version) is captured by Roman soldiers on the frontier during the reign of Gallienus (AD 253-268). Attalus is brought back to Rome and forced to fight in the arena as a gladiator, but once there, he becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the emperor.

Cast

Release

The Magnificent Gladiator was released in Italy on 31 December 1964.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 111.

References

  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.