Summary: 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... (imdb)

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Genres: Drama, Action

Country: USA

Directed By: Robert Dornhelm

Written By: Robert Schenkkan, Howard Fast

Starring: Angus MacFadyen, Alan Bates, Goran Visnjic, James Frain, Ian McNeice, Rhona Mitra

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