The Gladiators (film)
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The Gladiators | |
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Directed by | Peter Watkins |
Written by | Peter Watkins Nicholas Gosling |
Produced by | Göran Lindgren |
Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
Music by | Claes af Geijerstam |
Release date | 25 June 1969 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Languages | English Cantonese French German Swedish |
The Gladiators (Swedish: Gladiatorerna, alternate title The Peace Game) is a 1969 Swedish drama/science fiction film directed by Peter Watkins.
Plot[]
In order to prevent a Third World War, the superpowers decide to introduce "international peace games," a deadly miniature battle fought between small teams of drafted teenage soldiers from each country and broadcast on TV around the world as the most popular reality TV programme.
Cast[]
- Arthur Pentelow as British General
- Frederick Danner as British Staff Officer
- Hans Bendrik as Capt. Davidsson
- Daniel Harle as French Officer
- Hans Berger as West German Officer
- Rosario Gianetti as American Officer
- Tim Yum as Chinese Staff Officer
- Kenneth Lo as Chinese Colonel
- Björn Franzen as Swedish Colonel
- Christer Gynge as Assistant Controller
- Jürgen Schilling as East German Officer
- Stefan Dillan as Russian Officer
- Ugo Chiari as Italian Officer
- Chandrakant Desai as Indian Officer
- George Harris as Nigerian Officer
- Pik-Sen Lim as C-2
See also[]
- The Challenge (1970)
References[]
- ^ Gladiators at Peter Watkins site.
External links[]
- Notes on The Gladiators from Peter Watkins' website
- The Gladiators at IMDb
Categories:
- Swedish films
- Swedish science fiction films
- English-language films
- English-language Swedish films
- 1960s science fiction films
- 1969 films
- Films directed by Peter Watkins
- Films about death games
- Cold War films
- Swedish film stubs