I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983)

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, ... See full summary »

Directors:

Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei

Writer:

Claudio Fragasso

Stars:

Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Brad Harris

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lou Ferrigno	...	Han
Sybil Danning	...	Julia
Brad Harris	...	Scipio
Dan Vadis	...	Nicerote
Carla Ferrigno	...	Pandora
Barbara Pesante	...	Anakora
Yehuda Efroni	...	Emperor
Mandy Rice-Davies	...	Lucilla
Robert Mura	...	Vendrix
Emilio Messina	...	Goliath (as Ivan Beshears)
Giovanni Cianfriglia	...	Festo (as Jody Wanger)
Salvatore Borghese	...	Glafiro (as Michael Franz)
Françoise Perrot	...	Cornelia (as Kristin Kline)
Antonella Giacomini	...	Diana (as Claudia Bridges)
Mary Rader	...	Lydia

Storyline

A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

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Plot Keywords:

village | sword | clusium italy | gladiator | female wrestling | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Seven Magnificent Gladiators

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cannon Italia Srl

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 100 min (VHS)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is the 2nd remake of "The Seven Samurai" to star actress Sybil Danning. The first was "Battle Beyond The Stars", which a futuristic remake of the Akira Kurosawa classic.

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Connections

Remake of The Magnificent Seven (1960)

User Reviews

Plodding rehash of "The Magnificent Seven"

The problem with this movie is not that it rehashes the plot of "The Magnificent Seven"; after all, even that movie was a remake of something else ("The Seven Samurai", which I have not seen yet). The problem is that it rehashes it in a plodding and unimaginative fashion. The main difference between the two movies (besides the obviously lower production quality, of course) is that "The Magnificent Seven" were interesting, intelligent and articulate characters; "The Seven Magnificent Gladiators" are 5 primitive muscleheads, a rookie, and a warrior woman (Sybil Danning). The fight scenes are mostly Bud-Spencer-and-Terence-Hill-do-sword-and-sorcery-style. And being this a PG film, it completely lacks any of the blood and nudity usually found in the genre. A sensuous (but brief) female bikini wrestling match is as risqué, and as thrilling, as it gets here, folks (and no, Sybil is not featured in it). (**)