Spartacus
A Thracian warrior called Spartacus is sold to a Gladiator trainer Batiatus, who goes on turn him into an efficient killer in the arena. Now Spartacus leads a revolt against the Roman Republic.
27 February 1915, Maywood, Illinois, USA
22 March 1908, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
15 November 1934, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
14 November 1916, Mt. Carmel, Illinois, USA
9 May 1925, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, USA
December 4, 1916 in New York City, New York, USA
December 12, 1900 in Minnesota, USA
16 October 1924, USA
September 8, 1932 in Santa Barbara, California, USA
June 12, 2009
The great-granddaddy of Ridley Scott's Gladiator hasn't lost any muscle tone after nearly half a century, and Kirk Douglas's direct, unpretentious performance as the great slave-rebel Spartacus is more engaging than ever.
October 17, 2015
An epic that engages the intellect as well as the eyes and the emotions.
May 08, 2007
This may be the most literate of all the spectacles set in antiquity.
July 30, 2012
Kirk Douglas, while a little old in the role, makes a fine action hero, and Stanley Kubrick's still-accessible directing made the movie click.
May 09, 2002
It is a spotty, uneven drama.
December 28, 2010
Thrilling epic is too intense for the youngest.
November 18, 2014
...a passable historical epic that has little in common with the rest of Kubrick's output...
August 01, 2010
While it suffers from some of the flaws of epics of this era-such as an overly sanitized portrait of life at the time, and anachronistic visions of fashion and lifestyle-Spartacus also boasts some stirring action and intelligent dialogue
January 01, 2000
The most courageous thing about it, from today's standards, is that it closes without an obligatory happy ending, and an audience that has watched for 187 minutes doesn't get a tidy, mindless conclusion.
June 12, 2009
Douglas is terrific as the iron-jawed slave fuelled by righteous fury.
October 23, 2014
There have been other versions of the Spartacus story, including a silent epic and a more recent TV series, but Kubrick's film can't be beaten.
February 09, 2006
Asurprisingly apt companion piece to Paths of Glory in its consideration of the mechanisms of power.
