Spartacus

Spartacus

Actors:  Charles Laughton, Jean Simmons, John Gavin, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Peter Ustinov Directors:  Stanley Kubrick

In the first century BCE, the Roman Republic was deeply entrenched in corruption, with much of its labor reliant on the exploitation of slaves. Among these slaves was Spartacus, a Thracian who displayed defiance and resistance while working in the harsh conditions of a mining pit. His lack of cooperation ultimately led to a death sentence by sta...