Gladiators 7

Gladiators 7
Directed by	Pedro Lazaga
Produced by	Anacleto Fontini; Italo Zingarelli[1];
Screenplay by	Sandro Continenza; Bruno Corbucci; Alberto De Martino; Giovanni Grimaldi[1];
Story by	Alberto De Martino; Italo Zingarelli[1];
Starring	Richard Harrison; Loredana Nusciak; Livio Lorenzon; Gérard Tichy;
Cinematography	Bitto Albertini; Eloy Mella[1];
Edited by	Otello Colangeli[1]
Release date	11 October 1962 (Italy);
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Spain; Italy[2];

Gladiators 7 is a 1962 film directed by Pedro Lazaga. The film has several elements from Akira Kurosawa's film The Seven Samurai.

Plot

A Greek gladiator seeks revenge for the murder of his father and finds his lover captured by an evil tyrant.

Cast

Richard Harrison as Darius
Loredana Nusciak as Aglaia
Livio Lorenzon as Panurgus
Gérard Tichy as Hiarba
Edoardo Toniolo as Milon
José Marco as Xeno
Barta Barri as Flaccus
Nazzareno Zamperla as Vargas (credited as Tony Zamperla)
Franca Badeschi as Licia
Enrique Ávila as Livius
Antonio Molino Rojo as Macrobius
Antonio Rubio as Mados
Emilia Wolkowicz as Ismere

Production

The film was partially shot on some of the locations where El Cid was filmed.^[3] Parts of the film were shot in Spain.^[4]

Release

Gladiators 7 was released theatrically in Italy on 11 October 1962 with a 105 minute running time and in the United States on 6 May 1964 with a 92 minute running time.^[3]

Reception

In a contemporary review, "Tube." of Variety found the film to have a cliche screenplay with "stiff acting" and "mechanical dubbing".^[5] "Tube." noted that among the action sequences, the best involved a bout between a bull and a bare-handed gladiator but that the film was "erratic in tempo and dramatically heavyhanded [sic]."^[5]

References

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 5 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.
↑ Bowker 1983.
1 2 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.
↑ Labanyi & Pavlović 2015, p. 249.
1 2 Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "April 29, 1964". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.

Sources

Variety's Film Reviews: 1964-1967. Rr Bowker Llc, 1983. 1983. ISBN 0835227901.
Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN 1476662916.
Labanyi, Jo; Pavlović, Tatjana (2015). A Companion to Spanish Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0835227901.

External links

Gladiators 7 on IMDb

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[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich201765-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 65.

[FOOTNOTEBowker1983-2] Bowker 1983.

[FOOTNOTEKinnardCrnkovich201767-3] 1 2 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 67.

[FOOTNOTELabanyiPavlović2015249-4] Labanyi & Pavlović 2015, p. 249.

[variety-book-5] 1 2 Variety's Film Reviews 1964-1967. 11. R. R. Bowker. 1983. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "April 29, 1964". ISBN 0-8352-2790-1.