The Arena
2001 · Movie · 92 min. · Russia
In an age of Gladiators, the power that was Rome held its empire together with the might of its armies, the sweat and tears of its conquests, and the cheers and bloodlust of its citizens - glorified in the deadly spectacle of The Arena. Stolen from their homelands, the fiery Druid maiden Bodicia, exotic slave girl Jessemina, and the powerful barbarian Flavius, are pitted against each other as gladiators by the sadistic Roman Governor Timarchus. Banished by Caesar, Timarchus unleashes his frustration on his gladiators, staging extravagant spectacles of combat, orgy and death. In a violent world where only the strong survive, love and hate, life and death, are separated by an instant.
Direction Timur Bekmambetov
Cast Karen McDougal · Lisa Dergan · Olga Sutulova · Yuliya Chicherina · Severina Kamugish Kemirimbe · Viktor Verzhbitskiy · Anatoli Mambetov · Alexsei Osipov · Kirill Ulyanov · Gabriel Vorobyov · Leon Maximov · Natalya Surkova · Alexsei Dedov · Igor Botvin · Ernst Romanov
Soundtrack Pavel Karmanov · Peter Orloff
Screenplay John William Corrington
Cinematography Ulugbeck Khamraev
Original title The Arena (Gladiatrix)
3.2
32 votes (FilmAffinity)
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