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Challenge of the Gladiator

Challenge of the Gladiator

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 4, 1965

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

History, Action, Adventure, Drama

User Score

37%

Original Title

Il Gladiatore che sfidò l'impero

Production Companies

Jonia Film

Director

Domenico Paolella

Description

Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.