Il figlio di Spartacus (1962)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Sergio Corbucci

Writers:

Adriano Bolzoni (story)
Adriano Bolzoni (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

24 August 1962 (Italy)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

The son of Spartacus leads the slaves against their tyrant oppressors!

Plot Keywords:

Tyrant | Ancient Rome | Slave | Peplum | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Steve Reeves	...	Randus
Jacques Sernas	...	Vetius
Gianna Maria Canale	...	Claudia
Claudio Gora	...	Crassus
Ombretta Colli	...	Slave girl Seila
Roland Bartrop	...	Lumonius
Franco Balducci	...	Verus
Enzo Fiermonte	...	Gular
Renato Baldini	...	Verulus
Gloria Parri
Benito Stefanelli
Ahmed Ramzy
Hassan Ahmed
Ivo Garrani	...	Julius Caesar

Also Known As:

The Slave (USA)
The Son of Spartacus (International: English title)

Runtime:

100 min | Finland:103 min (1974) | Argentina:92 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Egypt

Company:

Arta Cinematografica S.p.A.

Trivia:

Unlike most of the Italian sword-and-sandals films of the 1960s which were shot at Cinecitta Studios in Rome, this film was shot mostly on location in Egypt.

One of Steve Reeves best films

"The Slave" (aka Son of Spartacus) is a an excellent action Reeves film with a good story line to borrow from (the original Spartacus). Reeves learns of his heritage after being captured by a band of slave drivers in the Egyptian desert - also tagging along is a beautiful slave girl who along with Reeves survives being dumped overboard by a ship which hits a barge in the River. Great scene,when Reeves doubtful that he is Spartacus's son walks slowly into a small catacomb and finds the helmet and sword of Spartacus and muses for several minutes about his heritage - linking a medallion he has worn since birth with the same emblem on the sword handle of Spartacus. Also great action scene when Reeves rescues a band of prisoners of Ceasar Crassus who are tied into a large moat with water rushing in to cause a drowning execution. Excellent sword and action with several bad guys being wiped out by Steve, looking like an adonis with a metal helmet on in a great swashbuckling scene.....Reeves as a tribune of Ceasar finally realizes as did his dad, Spartacus, that the Roman empire cannot survive as a slave empire.....reluctantly Ceasar realizes it also and gives Reeves and his slave followers their freedom. Good cloak and dagger role for Steve as he poses as a tribune working for Caesar and also as the Son of Spartacus - wearing an impressive full head helmet to complete his disguise.



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