Spartacus.
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✎ Suggest a correctionSpartacus is a proud and gifted Thracian named Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) The film is set in the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by armies of slaves. Spartacus forms a relationship with a serving woman named Varinia (Jean Simmons), whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to "entertain" him in his cell. He and Varinia are forced to endure numerous humiliations for defying the conditions of servitude.
Credits
- Directed by
- Stanley Kubrick
- Written by
- Peter Ustinov, Howard Fast, Dalton Trumbo, Calder Willingham
- Cast
- Bill Raisch, Robert J. Wilke, Laurence Olivier, Herbert Lom, George Kennedy, Brad Harris, Ted de Corsia, Richard Farnsworth, Vinton Hayworth, Nina Foch, Roy Engel, Woody Strode, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Peter Ustinov, Gil Perkins, Harold Kruger, Jack Williams …
- Produced by
- Edward Lewis
- Cinematography
- Clifford Stine, Russell Metty
- Music
- Alex North
- Edited by
- Irving Lerner, Robert Lawrence
Copyright
© Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Byrna Productions, Inc.; 6oct60; Lp24917.
Complete catalog record
Spartacus. Byrna Productions. Released By Universal-International. 184 Min., Sd., Color, 35 Mm. Technicolor. Super Technirama-70. Based On The Novel By Howard Fast. © Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Byrna Productions, Inc.; 6oct60; Lp24917.
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