The Gladiators (film)

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The Gladiators
Directed byPeter Watkins
Written byPeter Watkins
Nicholas Gosling
Produced byGöran Lindgren
CinematographyPeter Suschitzky
Music byClaes af Geijerstam
Release date
  • 25 June 1969 (1969-06-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguagesEnglish
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[edit]

The Mälsåker Castle (image from 2004) was filmed as the headquarters.[1]

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 soldiers from each country and broadcast on TV around the world as the most popular reality TV programme.

Cast[edit]

  • 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

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