Gladiatorerna (1969)

Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.

Director:

Peter Watkins

Writers:

Nicholas Gosling, Peter Watkins

Stars:

Arthur Pentelow, Frederick Danner, Hans Bendrik

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Arthur Pentelow	...	British General
Frederick Danner	...	British Staff Officer
Hans Bendrik	...	Capt. Davidsson
Daniel Harle	...	French Officer
Hans Berger	...	West German Officer
Rosario Gianetti	...	American Officer
Tim Yum	...	Chinese Staff Officer
Kenneth Lo	...	Chinese Colonel
Björn Franzen	...	Swedish Colonel
Christer Gynge	...	Assistant Controller
Jürgen Schilling	...	East German Officer
Stefan Dillan	...	Russian Officer
Ugo Chiari	...	Italian Officer
Chandrakant Desai	...	Indian Officer
George Harris	...	Nigerian Officer

Storyline

Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.

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Plot Keywords:

military | assassination | soldier | competition | fictional game show | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

English Mandarin French German Swedish

Release Date:

25 June 1969 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Peace Game

Filming Locations:

Kårsta, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sandrews

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Quotes

Chinese Staff Officer: 700 million Chinese, armed with the thoughts of Chairman Mao, are just as many spiritual atom bombs.

User Reviews

Powerful and memorable anti-war movie

I saw this movie in Stockholm the year it came out. I haven't seen it since, but I can remember many scenes vividly: that is a memorable movie. In addition to an ahead-of-his- time visual sense, the director added a feature, multiple subtitles, that I have never seen in a subsequent movie. Not just one or two languages, but every language spoken by the characters in the movie. That means Swedish, English, French, Spanish, Chinese... All appear stacked at the bottom of the screen (yet, amazingly, you can still see the action), minus whatever language is on the sound track at that moment; thus, the list shifts constantly as different actors speak. A little disconcerting at first, but it adds so much to the multicultural impact of the film. I hope someone brings it out on DVD.