The Gladiators

Jun 25, 1969

1h 32m

★ 5.9

Overview

Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.

Genres

War

Science Fiction

Drama

Production Companies

Sandrews

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Cast

British General

Arthur Pentelow

British Staff Officer

Frederick Danner

Capt. Davidsson

Hans Bendrik

Assistant Controller

Christer Gynge

French Officer

Daniel Harle

Swedish Colonel

Björn Franzén

Chinese Colonel

Kenneth Lo

West German Officer

Hans Berger

American Officer

Rosario Gianetti

Chinese Officer

Tim Yum

Russian Officer

Stefan Dillan

East German Officer

Jürgen Schilling

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