USA,
2004, 2x87 min
Directed by:
Robert DornhelmScreenplay:
Robert SchenkkanCinematography:
Kees Van OostrumComposer:
Randy MillerCast:
Goran Visnjic, Alan Bates, Angus Macfadyen, Rhona Mitra, Ian McNeice, James Frain, Henry Simmons, Ben Cross, Paul Telfer, Georgina Rylance, Stuart Bunce (more)Plots(1)
This television production stars Goran Visnjic (ER) as the titular gladiator in this television adaptation of the same 1951 Howard Fast novel that spawned Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film classic. While living out his life as a slave the deserts of Egypt, Spartacus is bought by a trainer of gladiators and forced to fight for the amusement of the Roman masses. There, he spearheads a slave uprising which rocks the very foundations of Rome. Alan Bates costars as Lentulas Agrippa in his final screen role. (official distributor synopsis)
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