Title

Spartacus

Year

1960

Rated

PG-13

Released

17 Nov 1960

Runtime

197 min

Genre

Adventure, Biography, Drama

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Writer

Dalton Trumbo (screenplay), Howard Fast (based on the novel by)

Actors

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton

Plot

In 73 BCE, a Thracian slave leads a revolt at a gladiatorial school run by Lentulus Batiatus. The uprising soon spreads across the Italian Peninsula involving thousand of slaves. The plan is to acquire sufficient funds to acquire ships from Silesian pirates who could then transport them to other lands from Brandisium in the south. The Roman Senator Gracchus schemes to have Marcus Publius Glabrus, Commander of the garrison of Rome, lead an army against the slaves who are living on Vesuvius. When Glabrus is defeated his mentor, Senator and General Marcus Licinius Crassus is greatly embarrassed and leads his own army against the slaves. Spartacus and the thousands of freed slaves successfully make their way to Brandisium only to find that the Silesians have abandoned them. They then turn north and must face the might of Rome.

Language

English

Country

USA

Awards

Won 4 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 11 nominations.

Metascore

87

imdbRating

7.9

imdbVotes

105,175

imdbID

tt0054331

Type

movie

DVD

24 Apr 2001

BoxOffice

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Website

N/A