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The Gladiators

The Gladiators

19695.91h 32m

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.

Directed by Peter Watkins
Written by Nicholas Gosling, Peter Watkins
Produced by Göran Lindgren
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Top Cast

A

Arthur Pentelow

British General

F

Frederick Danner

British Staff Officer

Hans Bendrik

Hans Bendrik

Capt. Davidsson

C

Christer Gynge

Assistant Controller

D

Daniel Harle

French Officer

B

Björn Franzén

Swedish Colonel

K

Kenneth Lo

Chinese Colonel

H

Hans Berger

West German Officer

R

Rosario Gianetti

American Officer

T

Tim Yum

Chinese Officer

Themes & Keywords

fictional game showsoldierwar gamedeath game

About The Gladiators

The Gladiators is a war, science fiction, drama film released in 1969 exploring themes of fictional game show, soldier, war game, death game. Directed by Peter Watkins, it stars Arthur Pentelow, Frederick Danner, Hans Bendrik. 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.

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