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Revenge of The Gladiators
Revenge of The Gladiators
Directed by	Luigi Capuano
Written by	Luigi Capuano; Arpad DeRiso ; Roberto Gianviti
Starring	Mickey Hargitay; José Greci
Cinematography	Raffaele Masciocchi
Music by	Giuseppe Piccillo
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	1964;
Language	Italian

Revenge of The Gladiators (Italian: La vendetta dei gladiatori) is a 1964 Italian peplum film written and directed by Luigi Capuano and starring Mickey Hargitay and José Greci.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The film depicts the Western Roman Empire in the 450s. The city of Rome itself is besieged by Genseric^{[citation needed]} and his Vandals. The empire is depicted as weak and corrupt, while under the control of the ineffectual emperor Valentinian III and his wife Calpurnia. The Roman general Aetius manages to temporarily halt the advance of the Vandals. Fabius, a son of Aetius, falls in love with princess Priscilla, a daughter of the imperial couple. Genseric plans to marry his own son to Priscilla, in a plot to take over the Roman throne.

Genseric fails to capture Priscilla, but captures Fabius instead. He uses torture while questioning Fabius about the princess' whereabouts. Priscilla surrenders herself to Genseric in exchange for Fabius' safety and freedom. Genseric seemingly agrees to her terms, but eventually double-crosses Priscilla. On her wedding day, Genseric offers Priscilla a crucified Fabius. Fabius' Roman allies soon arrive to rescue him and defeat the Vandals.

Cast

Mickey Hargitay as Fabius
José Greci as Priscilla
Livio Lorenzon as Geiserik
Renato Baldini as General Aetius
Roldano Lupi as Valentinianus III
Andrea Checchi as Gabinus
Nerio Bernardi as Tidone
Andreina Paul as Calpurnia
Mirko Ellis as Wilfried
Giulio Tomei as Priest
Dante Maggio as Drinker at the Tavern
Giovanni Cianfriglia as Fulvius
Amedeo Trilli as Master the Fortress
Bruno Scipioni

References

^ Michele Giordano. Giganti buoni. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877421835.
^ Marco Giusti, Steve Della Casa. Il grande libro di Ercole. Il cinema mitologico in Italia. Edizioni Sabinae - Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, 2013. ISBN 9788898623051.