''The Invincible Gladiator'' (Italian: ''Il gladiatore invincibile'', Spanish: ''El gladiador invencible'') is a 1961 film directed by
Alberto De Martino
Alberto De Martino (12 June 1929 – 2 June 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, De Martino started as a child actor and later returned to the cinema where worked as a screenwriter, director and dubbing supervis ...
and
Antonio Momplet
Antonio Momplet (1899 – 10 August 1974) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter. He worked in Spain, France, Argentina and Mexico.
Life and career
Antonio Momplet was born in Cádiz, Andalusia. He worked as a journalist and translator of ...
. The film stars
Richard Harrison.
Plot summary
Twelve-year-old royal king Darius, the tyrannical Rabirius, leads Acastus, a member of the Roman Empire. Gladiator Rezius saves the life of Rabirius and is tasked with leading a military expedition to destroy the band of mountain robbers. In the course of his mission, Rezius discovers that the bandits are in fact rebels led by Darius' sister Sira. Rezius's gladiator friends raise the people to rebellion, Darius ascends the throne, and Sira and Rezius get each other.
Cast
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Richard Harrison as Rezio
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Isabelle Corey
Isabelle Corey (29 May 1939 – 6 February 2011) was a French actress and model.
Corey started modeling in Paris in her teens for magazines such as ''Jardin des Modes'', ''Elle'' and ''Madame Figaro''. She was discovered in the Latin Quarter, wh ...
as Sira
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Livio Lorenzon
Livio Lorenzon (6 May 1923 – 23 December 1971) was an Italian actor who was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography
He played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and ...
as Ito
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Leo Anchóriz as Rabirio
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José Marco as Vibio
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Ricardo Canales
Ricardo Gabriel Canales Lanza (born 30 May 1982) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays for Vida as a goalkeeper.
A Honduran international since 2009, he represented his nation for two Gold Cups and Fifa World Cup 2010.
Club career
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as Semanzio
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Antonio Molino Rojo
Antonio Molino Rojo (14 September 1926 – 2 November 2011) was a Spanish film actor who appeared primarily in Spaghetti Westerns in the 1960s and 1970s.
Biography
He made nearly 90 appearances in film between 1955 and 1988 but is probably mos ...
as Euclante
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Edoardo Nevola as Dario
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Jole Mauro as Xenia
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Giorgio Ubaldi
Production
The film's exterior scenes were shot at Sevilla Film Studios in Sevilla and in
La Pedriza
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, while the interior scenes were filmed at the De Paolis Studios in Rome.
[Howard Hughes. ''Cinema Italiano – The Complete Guide From Classics To Cult''. I.B.Tauris, 2011. .]
Release
''The Invincible Gladiator'' was released in Italy on 31 October 1961. It was released in the United States in September 1963 with a 96-minute running time.
References
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1961 films
1961 adventure films
Peplum films
Spanish historical adventure films
1960s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Alberto De Martino
Films directed by Antonio Momplet
Films about gladiatorial combat
1961 directorial debut films
Sword and sandal films
1960s Italian films
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