Spartacus is a rebellious slave purchased by Lentulus Batiatus owner of a school for gladiators. For the entertainment of corrupt Roman Senator Marcus Licinius Crassus, Batiatus' gladiators are to stage a fight to the death. On the night before the event, the enslaved trainees are rewarded with female companionship. Spartacus' companion for the evening is Varinia , a slave from Britannia. When Spartacus later learns that Varinia has been sold to Crassus, he leads seventy-eight fellow gladiators in revolt. Word of the rebellion spreads like wildfire, and soon Spartacus' army numbers in the hundreds. Escaping to join his cause is Varinia, who has fallen in love with Spartacus, and another of Crassus' house slaves, the sensitive Antoninus The revolt becomes the principal cog in the wheel of a political struggle between Crassus and a more temperate Senator named Gracchus .
Movie : Spartacus (1960)
Directed : Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay : Dalton Trumbo
Produced : Edwar Lewis
Production Company : Bryna Productions
Distributed : Universal Productions
Music : Alex North
Cinematography : Russell Metty
Edited : Robert Lawrence
Released : 06 October 1960