Spartacus
Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas in the title role, a slave who leads a rebellion against Rome and the events of the Third Servile War. Adapted by Dalton Trumbo from Howard Fast's 1951 novel of the same title, the film also stars Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Charles Laughton as Sempronius Gracchus, Peter Ustinov as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, and John Gavin as Julius Caesar. Jean Simmons played Spartacus' wife Varinia, a fictional character, and Tony Curtis played the fictional slave Antoninus.
Plot
In the first century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by slaves. One slave, a Thracian named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his position in a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation. By chance, he is displayed to Roman businessman Lentulus Batiatus, who – impressed by his ferocity – purchases Spartacus for his gladiatorial school and instructs trainer Marcellus to not overdo his indoctrination, believing the slave "has quality". Amid the abuse, Spartacus forms a quiet relationship with Varinia, a serving woman whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to "entertain" him in his cell. The two are forced to endure numerous humiliations for defying the conditions of servitude.
Awards
Cast
- Al Carmichael
- Anthony Jochim
- Aron Kincaid
- Arthur Batanides
- Betty Harford
- Bill Catching
- Bill Raisch
- Bob Herron
- Bob Morgan
- Boyd Morgan
- Brad Harris
- Buddy Van Horn
- Carey Loftin
- Carleton Young
- Charles Horvath
- Charles Laughton
- Charles McGraw
- Chuck Courtney
- Chuck Hayward
- Chuck Roberson
- Cliff Lyons
- Dale Van Sickel
- Dayton Lummis
- Dick Crockett
- Eddie Parker
- Frederick Worlock
- George Kennedy
- George Robotham
- Gil Perkins
- Gordon Mitchell
- Hallene Hill
- Harold Goodwin
- Harold J. Stone
- Harold Kruger
- Herbert Lom
- Irvin Koszewski
- Jack Perkins
- Jack Williams
- James Griffith
- Jean Simmons
- Joanna Barnes
- Joe Gold
- John Dall
- John Gavin
- John Hoyt
- John Ireland
- John Stephenson
- Johnny Duncan
- Ken Terrell
- Kirk Douglas
- Larry Thor
- Laurence Olivier
- Leonard Penn
- Nick Dennis
- Nina Foch
- Paul Baxley
- Paul E. Burns
- Paul Lambert
- Peter Brocco
- Peter Ustinov
- Richard Farnsworth
- Robert Fuller
- Robert Hoy
- Robert J. Wilke
- Roy Engel
- Rudy Bukich
- Russell M. Saunders
- Sol Gorss
- Tap Canutt
- Ted de Corsia
- Terence De Marney
- Tom Steele
- Tony Curtis
- Vic Perrin
- Vinton Hayworth
- Wally Rose
- Will J. White
- Woody Strode
- Yulian Vergov