Spartacus

Mar 17, 2004

2h 54m

★ 6.7

Overview

Sentenced to spend out the rest of his adult life laboring in the harsh deserts of Egypt, the Thracian slave Spartacus gets a new lease on life when he is purchased by the obese owner of a Roman gladiator school. Moved by the defiance of an Ethiopian warrior, Draba, Spartacus leads a slave uprising which threatens Rome's status quo. As Spartacus gains sympathy within the Roman Senate, he also makes a powerful enemy in form of Marcus Lucinius Crassus, who makes it a matter of personal honor to crush the rebellion.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

USA Cable Entertainment

Nimar Studios

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Cast

Spartacus

Goran Višnjić

Antonius Agrippa

Alan Bates

Marcus Crassus

Angus Macfadyen

Varinia

Rhona Mitra

Lentulus Batiatus

Ian McNeice

David

James Frain

Draba

Henry Simmons

Titus Glabrus

Ben Cross

Cinna

Ross Kemp

Helena

Georgina Rylance

Julius Caesar

Richard Dillane

Crixus

Paul Kynman

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