''The Warrior and the Slave Girl'' ( it, La rivolta dei gladiatori, es, La rebelión de los gladiadores, french: La révolte des gladiateurs) is a 1958 Italian-Spanish-French
adventure film in
Supercinescope and
Eastman Color
Eastmancolor is a trade name used by Eastman Kodak for a number of related film and processing technologies associated with color motion picture production and referring to George Eastman, founder of Kodak.
Eastmancolor, introduced in 1950, was on ...
directed by
Vittorio Cottafavi
Vittorio Cottafavi (30 January 1914 – 14 December 1998) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. He directed 70 films between 1943 and 1985. His film '' Il diavolo sulle colline'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at t ...
.
Premise
A cruel Armenian princess craves the throne of the young king Osroé, while a popular uprising led by Asclepius breaks out.
Cast
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Ettore Manni
Ettore Manni (6 May 1927 – 27 July 1979) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1952 and 1979.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Manni debuted as an actor in 1952, when in spite of his acting inexperience he wa ...
as Marcus Numidius
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Gianna Maria Canale as Amira
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Mara Cruz
Mara Cruz (Madrid, Spain; March 24, 1941) is a Spanish film actress.
Selected filmography
* ''The Warrior and the Slave Girl'' (1958)
* ''The Italians They Are Crazy'' (1958)
* '' The University Chorus'' (1960)
* ''Left Handed Johnny West
''L ...
as Zahar
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Georges Marchal
Georges Marchal (10 January 1920 – 28 November 1997) was a French actor.
Born Georges Louis Lucot in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France, the strikingly handsome Marchal was discovered in the early-1940s by director Jean Grémillon. By the ear ...
as Asclepius
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Rafael Calvo
Rafael Luis Calvo Muñoz (30 December 1911 – 9 December 1988) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in more than 60 films including ''Miracle of Marcelino'' (1955).
Selected filmography
* '' Currito of the Cross'' (1926)
* '' Doña Juana'' ( ...
as Lucano
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Fidel Martín as Osroé
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Jesús Tordesillas
Jesús Tordesillas Fernández (28 January 1893 – 24 March 1973) was a Spanish film actor. He appeared in 94 films between 1921 and 1973. He starred in the film '' Reckless'' which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.
Selected ...
as Governor Crisipius
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Rafael Durán as Burkala
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Nando Tamberlani
Nando Tamberlani (1896–1967) was an Italian film actor. A character actor in Italian cinema of the postwar era, he was the brother of actor Carlo Tamberlani. Another brother Ermete Tamberlani was also an actor. He appeared in a number of peplum ...
as Senator Lucilius
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Valeria Moriconi
Valeria Moriconi (''née'' Abbruzzetti; November 15, 1931 – June 15, 2005) was an Italian actress who appeared both in movies and on stage.
Biography
Valeria was born in Iesi, in Marche, central Italy. Her earliest work was as a stage actress. ...
as Servant
References
External links
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1958 films
1958 adventure films
Peplum films
Spanish historical adventure films
French historical adventure films
Films directed by Vittorio Cottafavi
Films set in the Roman Empire
Films set in the 2nd century
Films set in ancient Persia
Films about gladiatorial combat
Italian adventure films
Columbia Pictures films
Sword and sandal films
1960s Italian films
1950s Italian films
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