The Slave (1962 film)

The Slave
Directed bySergio Corbucci
Screenplay by
Produced byFranco Palaggi[1]
Starring
CinematographyEnzo Barboni[1]
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni[1]
Music byPiero Piccioni[1]
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 24 August 1962 (1962-08-24) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryItaly

The Slave (Italian: Il figlio di Spartacus, lit.'The Son of Spartacus') is a 1962 Italian peplum film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Steve Reeves and Gianna Maria Canale.[2] It is an unofficial sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus,[3] as it includes a mention of the character Varinia, who was specifically created for the novel template for that film. The running time was 100 minutes.[4]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 156.
  2. ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia; Mario Pecorari (1991). Dizionario del cinema italiano. I film. Gremese Editore, 1992. ISBN 8876055932.
  3. ^ Daniel O'Brien (January 2014). Classical Masculinity and the Spectacular Body on Film: The Mighty Sons of Hercules. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-1-349-48102-6.
  4. ^ Della Casa, Steve; Giusti, Marco (2013). "Il Grande Libro di Ercole". Edizione Sabinae. Page 157. ISBN 978-88-98623-051