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Spartak (1926)

Also known as Spartacus

1926 · Silent film · 1 min · dir. Muhsin Ertugrul

  • Drama
  • History

Synopsis

The owner of the gladiator school buys two slaves, the Thracian Spartacus and the Gaul Artorix. During the first fight in the arena, Spartacus wins over the Colloseum audience and his freedom. When freed from gladiator slavery, Spartacus calls slaves and Rome plebs for a rebel. The dictator Sulla dies. Spartacus and rebellious slaves lay out a camp near Vesuvius. The Roman commander Crassus is unable to take Spartacus’s camp by storm, so he lays siege to it. Spartacus is betrayed; he dies with…

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Details

Director
Muhsin Ertugrul
Writer
Mykhailo Halperin
Composer
Aram Khachaturyan
Cinematography
Marius Holdt
Studio
VUFKU
Released
1926-12-07
Original title
Спартак
Running time
1 minutes

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