The Gladiators (film)

This article is about the 1969 film. For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation).
The Gladiators
Directed byPeter Watkins
Written byPeter Watkins
Nicholas Gosling
Produced byGöran Lindgren
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Music byClaes af Geijerstam
Release date
  • 25 June 1969 (1969-06-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesEnglish
Cantonese
French
German
Swedish

The Gladiators (Swedish: Gladiatorerna, alternate title The Peace Game) is a 1969 Swedish drama/science fiction film directed by Peter Watkins.

Plot

The Mälsåker Castle (image from 2004) was filmed as the headquarters.[1]

In order to prevent a Third World War, the superpowers decide to introduce "international peace games," a deadly miniature battle fought between small teams of drafted soldiers from each country and broadcast on TV around the world as the most popular reality TV programme.

Cast

  • Arthur Pentelow as British General
  • Frederick Danner as British Staff Officer
  • Hans Bendrik as Capt. Davidsson
  • Daniel Harle as French Officer
  • Hans Berger as West German Officer
  • Rosario Gianetti as American Officer
  • Tim Yum as Chinese Staff Officer
  • Kenneth Lo as Chinese Colonel
  • Björn Franzen as Swedish Colonel
  • Christer Gynge as Assistant Controller
  • Jürgen Schilling as East German Officer
  • Stefan Dillan as Russian Officer
  • Ugo Chiari as Italian Officer
  • Chandrakant Desai as Indian Officer
  • George Harris as Nigerian Officer
  • Pik-Sen Lim as C-2

See also

References

  1. ^ Gladiators at Peter Watkins site.


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