Spartacus
Synopsis
The owner of the gladiator school buys two slaves, the Thracian Spartacus and the Gaul Artorix. During the first fight in the arena, Spartacus wins over the Colloseum audience and his freedom. When freed from gladiator slavery, Spartacus calls slaves and Rome plebs for a rebel. The dictator Sulla dies. Spartacus and rebellious slaves lay out a camp near Vesuvius. The Roman commander Crassus is unable to take Spartacusās camp by storm, so he lays siege to it. Spartacus is betrayed; he dies with his friend Artorix in a battle. The film is based on Raffaello Giovagnoliās novel of the same name.
Where to watch
Not currently available to stream in United States.
Top cast
Mykola Deinar
Spartacus
Matvei Lyarov
Sulla, a Roman dictator
Brodskaya
Valeria, Sulla's wife
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskyi
Oktomanus, a gladiator
Osyp Merlatti
Meneniy, gladiator
Serhii Minin
Artorix, a gladiator
Vasyl Liudvynskyi
Spartacusās brother
O. Nazarova
Spartacus's mother
Lisevitskaya
Mirtia, Spartacus's sister
S. Shklyarskiy
Senator Catilina