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Gladiator of Rome

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5.4/10 • 9

1962-09-131h 37m

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A warrior protecting a slave girl, who is really a princess, winds up as a gladiator in the Roman arenas.

Directors
Mario Costa
Writters
Gian Paolo Callegari, Giuseppe Mariani

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  1. Gordon Scott

    Gordon Scott

    Marcus

  2. Wandisa Guida

    Wandisa Guida

    Nista

  3. Roberto Risso

    Roberto Risso

    Valerio jr.

  4. Eleonora Vargas

    Eleonora Vargas

    Prisca

  5. Ombretta Colli

    Ombretta Colli

    Aglae

  6. Alberto Farnese

    Alberto Farnese

    Vezio Rufo

  7. Charles Borromel

    Charles Borromel

    Anio

  8. Gianni Solaro

    Gianni Solaro

    Senator Macrino

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CinemaSerf

Mar 5, 2025

5/10

Emperor Caracalla is ruling the Roman Empire with a rod of iron and it’s his excessive brutality that sees “Marcus” (Gordon Scott) forced into the life of a gladiator. Initially, he was a bodyguard for the fleeing princess “Nisa” (Wandisa Guida) before they were sold into their first unsavoury predicament. Their new owner “Valerio” (Roberto Risso) is a decent enough man, though, and even a bit keen on his new captive but before they can be freed the emperor orders the execution of his parents and so the couple are swiftly forced into a life of hard labour. The furious “Valerio” has sworn vengeance on those who slaughtered his parents, but he is also determined to marry the young “Nisa” and so tracks them down hoping to help them to escape. That doesn’t exactly go to plan but with death looming, the Governor (Charles Borromel) takes them to work in his household where “Marcus” is to be trained as a gladiator. All the while, we know that “Astarte” (Piero Lulli) has been dispatched from her homeland of Silesia with orders to kill her before she can accede to it’s recently usurped throne. Things don’t get any safer for the pair when “Nisa” is accused of being a Christian and it’s unlikely she will get the same lion as Daniel got. Now it is down to “Marcus” to rally his highly trained colleagues whilst he hopes more disaffected troops can arrive from the tenth legion to save their bacon and set up a grand denouement in the Coliseum. Now this hasn’t much originality to it, but boy does it pack a lot into one hundred minutes of mythology, murder and mayhem. If only someone had bothered to write it a little better and spend more time directing with more finesse, then it could have been a good solid adventure. As it is, though, it’s all a bit sloppy and derivative with Gordon Scott even more wooden that the cross he might be nailed to and there’s simply not enough action to accompany the various episodes in the colourful adventures of “Marcus” and “Nisa”. It is a good idea and probably looked fine on paper, but the execution is lacklustre, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Italian
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Keywords
gladiatorrome, italyslave girl