Triumph of the Ten Gladiators

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Triumph of the Ten Gladiators
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Directed by Nick Nostro
Screenplay by
Story byNick Nostro [1]
Produced byAmando Morandi [1]
Starring
Cinematography
  • Tino Santoni
  • Francisco Marin [1]
Edited byEnzo Alfonzi [1]
Music by Carlo Savina [1]
Release date
  • 26 November 1964 (1964-11-26)(Italy)
Running time
106 minutes [1]

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators (Italian : Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori is a 1964 peplum film written and directed by Nick Nostro and starring Dan Vadis. It is the sequel of Gianfranco Parolini's The Ten Gladiators , and was followed by Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators . [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

When the ten gladiators arrive in Antioch they are approached by a man disguised as a beggar, who throws a bag of gold at them saying a man has got work for them and they should follow him, not too closely, to the man's house. The owner of the house introduces himself as Publius Quintilius Rufus, pro consul of the emperor in Syria, and offers them a contract to put on a series of spectacles at the court of queen Moluya of Arbela. Arbela is now a neutral kingdom between Roman territory and Parthia, Rome's bitterest enemies, and queen Moluya's prime minister has concluded a pact with the Parthian king to allow his armies to pass across the frontier. One of Publius's men, Centurion Marcus Glaucus, unknown to the Parthians, will accompany them officially as the eleventh gladiator to the capital city so he can find out exactly what the situation there is. The ten gladiators, whose loyalty is without question, accept the job and agree to leave for Arbela at daybreak. With war inevitable between Rome and Parthia, unbeknown to the ten gladiators, their real mission is to kidnap the ambitious queen Meluya, and take her back to Syria as a hostage for Rome.

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Release

Triumph of the Ten Gladiators was released in Italy on 26 November 1964. [1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 179.
  2. ↑ Marco Giusti, Steve Della Casa. Il grande libro di Ercole. Il cinema mitologico in Italia. Edizioni Sabinae - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, 2013. ISBN   9788898623051.
  3. ↑ Michele Giordano. Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   8877421835.
  4. ↑ Roberto Poppi, Mario Pecorari (2007). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 2007. ISBN   978-8884405036.

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