Sins of Rome

Sins of Rome (Italian: Spartaco) is a 1953 historical drama film directed by Riccardo Freda and loosely based on the life story of Spartacus.[3][4] The rights of film's negatives and copies were bought by the producers of Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film Spartacus, as to prevent eventual new releases of the film that could have damaged the commercial outcome of Kubrik's film; this resulted in Sins of Rome's withdrawal from market for about thirty years.[5]

Sins of Rome
Directed byRiccardo Freda
Produced byCarlo Caiano[1]
Screenplay by
  • Jean Ferrey
  • Maria Bory
  • Gino Visentini[2]
Story byMaria Bory[2]
Starring
Music byRenzo Rossellini[2]
Cinematography
Edited byMario Serandrei[2]
Production
companies
  • A.P.I. Film
  • Consorzio Spartacus Film
  • Es Establisments Sinag
  • Rialto Film[1]
Distributed byA.P.I. (Italy)
Release date
  • 28 January 1953 (1953-01-28) (Italy)
Running time
105 minutes[2]
Country
  • Italy
  • France[2]
Box office450 million lire

Cast

Release

Sins of Rome was distributed in Italy as Spartaco by A.P.I. on January 28, 1953.[2][1] The film grossed a total of 450 million Italian lire in Italy.[1] The film was released in the United States as Sins of Rome and in the United Kingdom as Spartacus the Gladiator.[1]

References

  1. Curti 2017, p. 311.
  2. Curti 2017, p. 310.
  3. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876055487.
  4. Maria Wyke (1997). Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema and History. Routledge, 2013. ISBN 1317796071.
  5. Silke Knippschild, Marta Garcia Morcillo (15 August 2013). Seduction and Power: Antiquity in the Visual and Performing Arts. A&C Black, 2013. ISBN 978-1441190659.
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