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Director: Stanley Kubrick
Genre: Costume Adventure, Historical Epic, Sword-and-Sandal, Epic, Historical Film
Box Office: / $1,830,650
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Summary:
Spartacus (Kirk Douglas) is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus (Peter Ustinov), owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman senator Marcus Licinius Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are "rewarded" with f... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Kirk Douglas - (Spartacus)
Laurence Olivier - (Marcus Licinius Crassus)
Jean Simmons - (Varinia)
Charles Laughton - (Sempronius Gracchus)
Peter Ustinov - (Lentulus Batiatus)
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Review:
A remarkably expensive production for the time (12m) that took 167 days to film, Spartacus has been lauded as the "thinking man's" epic because it lacks a happy ending and places as much emphasis on oration as action. The slave revolt storyline, pen ... Continue >>

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