The second adaptation of Raffaello Giovagnoli's novel comes at a time when Italy really started pumping out their epic films with the longer running times, expensive sets and lavish production values. This film really doesn't stray too far from the source as we have our hero Spartacus being sold as a slave only to rise up and battle the evil Crassus.
Watch the official Spartacus 1913 trailer in HD below.
Spartacus Trailer
Italy 07 May 1913
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SPARTACO directed by Giovanni Enrico Vidali. This is more complete than the copy already on YouTube.
Spartacus le gladiateur justicier de Giovanni Enrico Vidali 1914.
Release Date: October 7 1960 Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas)the bold gladiator who led a Roman Slave revolt and Varinia ...
Per aver difeso una schiava il soldato Spartaco è condannato a combattere nelle arene. Ma presto si ribella organizzando una rivolta con un gruppo di ...
Drama about ancient Rome from 1910s. Following Spartacus' win in the arena he is made Captain of Gladiators and bows before his master Crassus and his ...
Arena sequence Verona. The first of many collaboration between Riccardo Freda and Mario Bava who shooted this sequence replacing for a moment the first ...
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