The Gladiators (film)
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| The Gladiators | |
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| Directed by | Peter Watkins |
| Produced by | Göran Lindgren |
| Written by | Peter Watkins Nicholas Gosling |
| Music by | Claes af Geijerstam |
| Cinematography | Peter Suschitzky |
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Release dates
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25 June 1969 |
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Running time
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92 min. |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | 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 program.
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
External links
- Notes on 'The Gladiators' from Peter Watkin's website
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Gladiators at IMDb
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