The Magnificent Gladiator

The Magnificent Gladiator
Directed by	Alfonso Brescia
Screenplay by	Alfonso Brescia[1]
Produced by	Anacleto Fontini[1]
Starring	Mark Forest Marilu Tolo Paolo Gozlino Jolanda Modio
Cinematography	Pier Ludovico Pavoni[1]
Edited by	Nelle Nannuzzi[1]
Music by	Marcello Giombini[1]
Production company	Seven Film[1]
Release date	31 December 1964 (1964-12-31) (Italy)
Running time	95 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Language	Italian

The Magnificent Gladiator (Italian: Il magnifico gladiatore) is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by Alfonso Brescia.

Plot

Attalus (or anachronistically "Hercules" in the English version) is captured by Roman soldiers on the frontier during the reign of Gallienus (AD 253–268). Attalus is brought back to Rome and forced to fight in the arena as a gladiator, but once there, he becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the emperor.

Cast

• Mark Forest as Attalus
• Marilù Tolo as Velida
• Paolo Gozlino as Zullo
• Jolanda Modio as Clea
• Franco Cobianchi as Gallienus
• Oreste Lionello as Drusius
• Nazzareno Zamperla as Horatius
• Fedele Gentile as Arminius
• Giulio Tomei
• Renato Montalbano

Release

The Magnificent Gladiator was released in Italy on 31 December 1964.[1]

See also

• List of historical drama films
• Gallienus usurpers

Notes

1. Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 111.

References

• Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.

External links

• The Magnificent Gladiator at IMDb