Gladiators 7 is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film The Seven Samurai.
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| Directed by | Pedro Lazaga |
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| Edited by | Otello Colangeli[2] |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
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Plot
editA Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil tyrant.
Cast
edit- Richard Harrison as Darius
- Loredana Nusciak as Aglaia
- Livio Lorenzon as Panurgus
- Gérard Tichy as Hiarba
- Edoardo Toniolo as Milon
- José Marco as Xeno
- Barta Barri as Flaccus
- Nazzareno Zamperla as Vargas (credited as Tony Zamperla)
- Franca Badeschi as Licia
- Enrique Ávila as Livius
- Antonio Molino Rojo as Macrobius
- Antonio Rubio as Mados
- Emilia Wolkowicz as Ismere
Production
editThe film was partially shot on some of the locations where El Cid was filmed.[3] Parts of the film were shot in Spain.[4]
Release
editGladiators 7 was released theatrically in Italy on 11 October 1962 with a 105 minute running time and in the United States on 6 May 1964 with a 92 minute running time.[3]
Reception
editIn contemporary reviews, "Tube." of Variety found the film to have a cliche screenplay with "stiff acting" and "mechanical dubbing".[5] "Tube." noted that among the action sequences, the best involved a bout between a bull and a bare-handed gladiator but that the film was "erratic in tempo and dramatically heavyhanded [sic]."[5] A review in the Monthly Film Bulletin stated that "the customary ingredients of colour, passion, and swordplay, here lavishly applied, add up to a lighthearted and lusty swashbuckling film."[6]
References
editFootnotes
edit- ^ Bowker 1983.
- ^ a b c d e Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.
- ^ a b Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.
- ^ Labanyi & Pavlović 2015, p. 249.
- ^ a b Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. Vol. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "April 29, 1964". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.
- ^ "Sette Gladiatori, I (Gladiators 7), Italy/Spain, 1962". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 31, no. 364. British Film Institute. May 1964. pp. 77–78.
Sources
edit- Variety's Film Reviews: 1964-1967. Rr Bowker Llc. 1983. ISBN 0835227901.
- Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476662916.
- Labanyi, Jo; Pavlović, Tatjana (2015). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0835227902.
External links
edit- Gladiators 7 at IMDb
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