''Triumph of the Ten Gladiators'' ( it, Il trionfo dei dieci gladiatori is a 1964 ''peplum'' film written and directed by

Nick Nostro Nicola "Nick" Nostro (21 April 1931 – 15 June 2014) was an Italian film director who wrote many of his screenplays. Career Born in Gioia Tauro, Calabria, after his degree in literature Nostro studied direction at the Silvio d’Amico Acade ...

and starring

Dan Vadis Dan Vadis (born Constantine Daniel Vafiadis, 3 January 1938 – 11 June 1987) was an American actor famous for his lead roles in many Italian films made in the 1960s. Biography Vadis was of Greek descent, with lineage tracing back to the isl ...

. It is the sequel of

Gianfranco Parolini Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 in Rome, Italy – 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy) was an Italian film director. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his films are '' The Sabata Trilogy'', several sword and sandal films, most of the Ko ...

's '' The Ten Gladiators'', and it was followed by ''

Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators ''Spartacus and the Ten Gladiators'' ( it, Gli invincibili dieci gladiatori, link=no) is a 1964 international co-production sword-and-sandal film directed by Nick Nostro and co-written by Nostro, Alfonso Balcázar and Sergio Sollima. Plot Rocca a ...

''.Michele Giordano. ''Giganti buoni''. Gremese Editore, 1998. .

Plot

When the ten gladiators arrive in Antioch they are approached by a man disguised as a beggar, who throws a bag of gold at them saying a man has got work for them and they should follow him, not too closely, to the man's house. The owner of the house introduces himself as Publius Quintilius Rufus, pro consul of the emperor in Syria, and offers them a contract to put on a series of spectacles at the court of queen Moluya of Arbela. Arbela is now a neutral kingdom between Roman territory and Parthia, Rome's bitterest enemies, and queen Moluya's prime minister has concluded a pact with the Parthian king to allow his armies to pass across the frontier. One of Publius's men, Centurion Marcus Glaucus, unknown to the Parthians, will accompany them officially as the eleventh gladiator to the capital city so he can find out exactly what the situation there is. The ten gladiators, whose loyalty is without question, accept the job and agree to leave for Arbela at daybreak. With war inevitable between Rome and Parthia, unbeknown to the ten gladiators, their real mission is to kidnap the ambitious queen Meluya, and take her back to Syria as a hostage for Rome.

Cast

as Rocca *

Helga Liné Helga Liné (; born Helga Lina Stern on 14 July 1932) is a German-born Portuguese-Spanish-American film actress and circus acrobat best known for her work in the horror genre of film. She made 132 appearances mostly in film between 1941 and ...

as Regina Moluya *

Stelio Candelli Stelio Candelli (born 28 March 1931) is an Italian film, stage and television actor. Life and career Born in Trieste, the son of civil servants, in 1954 Candelli enrolled at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The sam ...

as Glauco Marcio *

Gianni Rizzo Gianni Rizzo (1925–1992) was an Italian film actor. Between 1944 and 1986 he appeared in over seventy films and television productions, in a variety of supporting roles. His screen roles included parts in a number of Peplum film, peplum films, ...

as Sesto Vetullio * Halina Zalewska as Myrta *

Enzo Fiermonte Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer. Early life Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to Do ...

as Rizio * Leontine May as Selima * Carlo Tamberlani as Publio Rufo *

Ivano Staccioli Ivano Staccioli (3 January 1927 – 15 July 1995) was an Italian film actor. Staccioli made 70 appearances between 1960 and 1991, mostly in film. He is best known for his appearances in historical adventures and action or western films in the 1 ...

as Arimandro * Emilio Messina as Lepto *

Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografi ...

* Aldo Canti *

Salvatore Borghese Sal Borgese (born 5 March 1937, in Rome) is an Italian film actor. He is sometimes credited as Salvatore Borghese or Mark Trevor. He is noted for extensive work in the Italian film industry from the 1960s to present day, and for his work as a s ...

* Franco Pesce

Release

''Triumph of the Ten Gladiators'' was released in Italy on 26 November 1964.

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* Peplum films 1960s adventure films Films directed by Nick Nostro Films about gladiatorial combat Films set in ancient Rome Films with screenplays by Nick Nostro Sword and sandal films Italian sequel films 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub