Challenge of the Gladiator

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| name = Challenge of the Gladiator

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| director = Domenico Paolella

| writer =

| starring = Peter Lupus

| music = Giuseppe Piccillo

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| editing =

| distributor = Variety Distribution

| country = Italy

| released = {{Film date|1964|||USA}}

| language = Italian

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Challenge of the Gladiator ({{langx|it|Il gladiatore che sfidò l'impero}}) is a 1965 Italian peplum film directed by Domenico Paolella.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |author4=Mario Pecorari |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film|year=1991 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 1992|isbn=8876055932}}{{cite book|last=Michele Giordano|title=Giganti buoni|year=1998|publisher=Gremese Editore, 1998|isbn=8877421835}}

Plot

Treacherous Roman senator Lucius Quintilius plans a secret journey into Thrace to recover a legendary treasure. He is accompanied by his daughter Livia posing as a Christian slave girl, his cruel henchman Commodio, and Terenzius, an ex-gladiator and Nero look-alike who fools the local Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor. But Lucius's plans are thwarted by Spartacus and his band of rebels who succeed in capturing the treasure for Thrace. When news arrives from Rome that the real Nero has died, local Roman governor Consul Metellus joins forces with Spartacus to defeat the traitors.

Cast

Peter Lupus: Spartacus (credited as Rock Stevens)
Massimo Serato: Senator Lucio Quintilio
Gloria Milland: Livia
Livio Lorenzon: Commodio
Piero Lulli: Consul Metello
Walter Barnes: Terenzo
Andrea Checchi
Dario Michaelis
Franco Ressel
Bruno Scipioni
Salvatore Borghese: Gladiator

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0178506}}
[https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/gladiator-who-defied-the-empire-the/ Challenge of the Gladiator] at Variety Distribution

Category:1965 films

Category:Films directed by Domenico Paolella

Category:1960s fantasy adventure films

Category:Films set in the Roman Empire

Category:Films set in the 1st century

Category:Cultural depictions of Spartacus

Category:Sword-and-sandal films

Category:Italian fantasy adventure films

Category:1960s Italian films

Category:1960s Italian-language films