''The Revolt of the Slaves'' ( it, La rivolta degli schiavi) is a 1960 Italian film directed by
Nunzio Malasomma. It is based on the 1854 novel ''
Fabiola'' by
Nicholas Wiseman
Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (3 August 1802 – 15 February 1865) was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church who became the first Archbishop of Westminster upon the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850.
Born ...
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Cast
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Rhonda Fleming
Rhonda Fleming (born Marilyn Louis; August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was an American film and television actress and singer. She acted in more than 40 films, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, and became renowned as one of the most glamoro ...
: Claudia
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Lang Jeffries
Lang Jeffries (June 7, 1930 – February 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American television and film actor.
Biography
From 1958 to 1960, Jeffries starred as Skip Johnson in the adventure television series ''Rescue 8''.
He starred in several American ...
: Vibio
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Darío Moreno:
Massimiano
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Ettore Manni
Ettore Manni (6 May 1927 – 27 July 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1952 and 1979.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Manni debuted as an actor in 1952, when in spite of his acting inexperience he wa ...
: Sebastiano
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Wandisa Guida
Wandisa Guida (born 21 April 1935) is an Italian former film, stage and television actress. She was sometimes credited as Wandisa Leigh.
Born in Trani, Guida took part in the Miss Italia beauty contest in 1954, winning the title of Miss Cinema ...
: Agnese
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Gino Cervi
Luigi Cervi (3 May 1901 – 3 January 1974), better known as Gino Cervi (), was an Italian actor. He was best known for portraying Peppone in a series of comedies based on the character ''Don Camillo'' (1952-1965), and police detective Jules ...
: Claudio
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Fernando Rey: Valerio
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Serge Gainsbourg: Corvino
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José Nieto: Sesto, servitore di Claudia
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Rainer Penkert
Rainer Penkert (23 June 1921 – 11 April 2012, in Munich) was a German actor.
Selected filmography
* ''Our Miss Doctor'' (1940) - Bierlinger, Primaner
* ''Menschen in Gottes Hand'' (1948) - Karl Renken
* '' Anonymous Letters'' (1949) - Axel Brac ...
: Massimo
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Antonio Casas
Antonio Casas (11 November 1911 – 14 February 1982) was a Spanish footballer turned film actor who appeared in film between 1941 and his death in 1982.
Casas originally began as a footballer for Atlético Madrid, but entered film in 1941 and ...
: Tertulio
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Dolores Francine: Liubaia
Release
''The Revolt of the Slaves'' was released in Italy on 20 December 1960 with a 100-minute running time and in the United States with a 102-minute running time in June 1961. It was released in West Germany as ''Die Sklaven Roms'' on 17 March 1961.
See also
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List of Italian films of 1960
References
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1960 films
Peplum films
Spanish historical adventure films
West German films
Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma
Remakes of Italian films
Remakes of French films
Films set in the Roman Empire
Films set in the 4th century
Religious epic films
Films based on British novels
Sword and sandal films
1960s Italian films
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