76 BC: the story of the slaves' revolt against the might of the Roman Empire. Led by the gladiator Spartacus, the slaves' glorious struggle ended in defeat, but became a symbol of the indomitability of the human spirit in the face of oppression.


Film programs

Progress Filmillustrierte/Filmprogramm nr. 50/66

Books on Spartacus

Martin M. Winkler (ed.)
Spartacus, Film and history
Malden, MA, USA, 2007

Books with substantial mentioning of Spartacus

Paul Verhoeven, Rob van Scheers
Meer Verhoeven, Op stap door de filmgeschiedenis met Paul Verhoeven
Amsterdam, 2014

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Jürgen Müller (ed.)
Movies of the 50s
Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005

Gene D. Phillips, Rodney Hill
The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick, From Day of the Fight to Eyes Wide Shut
New York NY, 2002

Dawn B. Sova
Forbidden Films, Censorship Histories of 125 Motion Pictures
New York NY, 2001

James Howard
Stanley Kubrick Companion
London, 1999

Jerry Vermilye
The Complete Films of Laurence Olivier
Secaucus, NJ, 1992

Jean-Pierre Frimbois
Les 100 chefs-d'oeuvre du film historique
Alleur (Belgique), 1989

Thomas Allen Nelson
Stanley Kubrick, Spartacus, 2001: Odyssee im Weltraum, Uhrwerk Orange, Shining
München, 1984

Tony Thomas
The Films of Kirk Douglas
Secaucus, NJ, 1975

Articles on Spartacus

Ian Nathan, Spartacus, in: Empire, nr. 263 (May), 2011 pp. 94-95