Challenge of the Gladiator

Challenge of the Gladiator

Infamy and Cruelty Sweep the Roman Empire as a Madman Turns the Country Into a Bloody Arena!

1965•1h 30m•3.7/10

HistoryActionAdventureDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

3.7/10(3)

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.

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Production

Jonia Film

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Peter Lupus

Peter Lupus

Spartacus

Gloria Milland

Gloria Milland

Livia

Massimo Serato

Massimo Serato

Senator Lucius Quintilius

Livio Lorenzon

Livio Lorenzon

Commodio

Piero Lulli

Piero Lulli

Consul Metellus

Walter Barnes

Walter Barnes

Nero

Andrea Checchi

Andrea Checchi

Dario Michaelis

Dario Michaelis

Franco Ressel

Franco Ressel

Bruno Scipioni

Bruno Scipioni

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