''The Magnificent Gladiator'' () is a 1964 Italian sword-and-sandal film written and directed by

Alfonso Brescia Alfonso Brescia (6 January 1930 – 6 June 2001) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He began working in film against his father's wishes, and eventually directed his first film '' Revolt of the Praetorians'' in 1964. Brescia worked i ...

Plot

Attalus (or anachronistically "Hercules" in the English version) is captured by

Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

soldiers on the frontier during the reign of

Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire. He ...

(AD 253–268). Attalus is brought back to Rome and forced to fight in the arena as a

gladiator A gladiator ( , ) was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals, and condemned criminals. Some gladiators were volunteers who risked their ...

, but once there, he becomes embroiled in a plot to overthrow the emperor.

Cast

* Mark Forest as Attalus * Marilù Tolo as Velida * Paolo Gozlino as Zullo * Jolanda Modio as Clea * Franco Cobianchi as

* Oreste Lionello as Drusius * Nazzareno Zamperla as Horatius * Fedele Gentile as Arminius * Giulio Tomei * Renato Montalbano

Release

''The Magnificent Gladiator'' was released in Italy on 31 December 1964.

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