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Spartacus

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

First showing on network television for the recently fully restored version of Stanley Kubrick's great epic, starring Kirk Douglas
Laurence Olivier
76 BC: the story of the slaves' revolt against the might of the Roman Empire. Led by the gladiator Spartacus, the slaves' glorious struggle ended in defeat, but became a symbol of the indomitability of the human spirit in the face of oppression.
• STEREO: TELETEXT SUBTITLES: p 888 • FILMS: pages 41.65

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirk Douglas
Unknown:
Laurence Olivier
Spartacus:
Kirk Douglas
Marcus Crassus:
Laurence Olivier
Varinia:
Jean Simmons
Gracchus:
Charles Laughton
Batiatus:
Peter Ustinov
Julius Caesar:
John Gavin
Helena Glabrus:
Nina Foch
Tigranes:
Herbert Lom
Source: Radio Times

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