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  1. May 3, 1991 · The film tells the story of the Roman slave Spartacus ( Kirk Douglas ), who toils for the Roman Empire while dreaming, the narrator assures us, “of the death of slavery - which would not come until 2,000 years later.”. He is sentenced to death after biting a Roman guard, but spared by Peter Ustinov, as Batiatus, a broker of gladiators.

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    Feb 10, 2020 Full Review David Stratton At the Movies (Australia) There have been other versions of the Spartacus story, including a silent epic and a more recent TV series, but Kubrick's film can ...

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    • Stanley Kubrick
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    • Kirk Douglas
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  3. Spartacus: Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann. With Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton. The slave Spartacus survives brutal training as a gladiator and leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic, as the ambitious Crassus seeks to gain power by crushing the uprising.

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    • Adventure, Biography, Drama
    • Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
    • 1960-11-17
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  5. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 12, 2009. Peter Bradshaw Guardian. TOP CRITIC. The great-granddaddy of Ridley Scott's Gladiator hasn't lost any muscle tone after nearly half a century, and ...

  6. Our review: Parents say ( 5 ): Kids say ( 2 ): This epic saga of the price of freedom is thrilling to watch, the struggles of conscience as gripping as the brilliantly staged battle scenes. When we first see Spartacus, he strikes out at an oppressor almost reflexively.

    • Jean Simmons, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier
    • Stanley Kubrick
    • Universal Pictures
  7. Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas in the title role, a slave who leads a rebellion against Rome and the events of the Third Servile War. Adapted by Dalton Trumbo from Howard Fast 's 1951 novel of the same title, [3] the film also stars Laurence Olivier as Roman general ...

  8. Apr 18, 1991 · Since then "Spartacus," the story of a Roman slave rebellion starring Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Tony Curtis, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov and Charles Laughton and directed by Stanley Kubrick ...