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Director:
Timur Bekmambetov
Writer:
John William Corrington (writer)
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Release Date:
28 August 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Drama | Action more
Tagline:
In an age of Gladiators... Destiny lies at the end of a sword. more
Plot:
In an age of Gladiators, the power that was Rome held its empire together with the might of its armies... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Karen McDougal ... Jessemina
Lisa Dergan ... Bodicia
Olga Sutulova ... Livia
Yuliya Chicherina ... Diedra
Severina Kamugish Kemirimbe ... Lucinia
Viktor Verzhbitskiy ... Timarchus
Anatoli Mambetov ... Septimus
Alexsei Osipov ... Flavius
Kirill Ulyanov ... Priscium
Gabriel Vorobyov ... Aemelius
Leon Maximov ... Claudius
Natalya Surkova ... Cornelia (as Natalia Surkova)
Alexsei Dedov ... Wolfstan
Igor Botvin ... Quintus
Ernst Romanov ... Caesar
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gladiatrix (Russia)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and sexuality.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
Russia | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
USA:R
Filming Locations:
St. Petersburg, Russia

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Early in the movie, Bodicia relates how she was captured by the Romans. She says that her lover gave her a tattoo on the left side of her chest and that they then made love, which the movie shows. As she continues her narrative, of the Romans coming the next morning, the movie shows her fleeing. In this scene, her garments open to bare her chest, but there is no wound, blood, or any other evidence of a tattoo having been given the night before. more
Quotes:
Claudius: Our land will be cursed forever! more
Movie Connections:
Remake of The Arena (1974) more

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Remake of Naked Warriors, 19 July 2002
Author: bjmilhist from United States

I have seen this film four times now. It is a remake of the film, Naked Warriors (Pam Grier and Margaret Markov). Grier and Markov also made a film called Black Mama, White Mama (1973), a women in prison film. The Arena is not a bad remake--it owes much to the original film and to two other films/series, yes Ridley Scott's Gladiator and the series, Xena, Warrior Princess. It treats the women with a certain amount of respect and quickly focuses on their love/hate/love relationship. Another film of the same type from the Sixties: Thor and the Amazon Women.

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