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The Barbarians

The Barbarians

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 20, 1987

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Adventure, Fantasy, Action

User Score

55%

Original Title

The Barbarians

Production Companies

The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions, Cannon Italia Srl

Director

Ruggero Deodato

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$800,000

Description

Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.