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Spartaco
Also known as Spartacus; or, The Revolt of the Gladiators in the USA
(1913) Italy
B&W : [?] Six? reels
Directed by Giovanni Enrico Vidali

Cast: Mario Guaita-Ausonia [Spartaco], Cristina Ruspoli [Idamis], Enrico Bracci [Marcus Licinius Crassus], Maria Gandini [Narona], Luigi Mele [Noricus], Verdi Giovanni [Artemon], Signor Fretti [Crasso], Leo Ragusi [Armorico], Achille Majeroni, [?] Luciano Albertini?, [?] Alberto Capozzi?, [?] Renzo Chiosso?, [?] Antonio Novelli?

Pasquali e C. production; distributed by [?] Pasquali e C.? / Produced by Ernesto Maria Pasquali. Scenario by Renzo Chiosso, from a novel by Raffaello Giovagnoli. Scenography (production design) by Domenico Gaido. Costume dsign by Caramba (Luigi Sapelli). Cinematography by Antonio Martini. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Spartacus; or, The Revolt of the Gladiators by George Kleine Attractions on 11 May 1914.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown) [Italy]; Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Ancient Rome - Animals: Elephants, Horses, Lions - Battles - Captures - Circus Maximus - Consuls - Crime: Murder - Crowds - Death: Murder - Devotion - Dungeons - Eavesdropping - Enslavement - Families: Brother-sister relationships, Father-daughter relationships - Feasts - Fights: Sword - Frame-ups - Gags - Gardens - Gates - Gladiators - Government: Senates (Roman), Senators - Horns - Leaders - Lies - Love - Messages - Moonlight - Negroes - Plots - Processions - Prosecution - Rebellion - Rendezvous - Rescues - Revolts - Romans - Scribes - Sculptures: Bas-relief, Busts, Statues - Slaves - Soldiers: Roman - Tents - Thracians - Transportation: Chariots - Victories - Weapons: Armor, Daggers, Helmets, Knives, Shields, Spears, Swords, Tridents - Whips

Listing updated: 19 December 2023.

References: Film viewing : Limbacher-Feature p. 230; Tarbox-Lost pp. 184, 185, 279 : ClasIm-225 p. 47 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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