The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 7900 kbps | 6.4Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 Cantonese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #3 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #4 German AC3 2.0 @
Subtitles: English, French
01:31:00 | Sweden | Drama, Sci-Fi
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 16:9 | 720x480 | 7900 kbps | 6.4Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 Cantonese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #3 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #4 German AC3 2.0 @
Subtitles: English, French
01:31:00 | Sweden | Drama, Sci-Fi
Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.
Director: Peter Watkins
Cast: Arthur Pentelow, Frederick Danner, Hans Bendrik, Daniel Harle, Hans Berger, Rosario Gianetti, Tim Yum, Kenneth Lo, Bjorn Franzen, Christer Gynge, Jurgen Schilling, Stefan Dillan, Ugo Chiari, Chandrakant Desai, George Harris, Jeremy Child, Erich Stering, Jean-Pierre Delamour, Richard Friday, Roy Scammell, J.Z. Kennedy, Terry Whitmore, Eberhard Fehmers, Keith Bradfield, Pik Sen Lim, To Van Minh
The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
Extras:
- Feature Length Commentary by Dr. Joseph A. Gomez, founding director of Film Studies at North Carolina State University and author of the 1979 book Peter Watkins
- The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959) - 17 min. amateur short film made by Peter Watkins
- Peter Watkins Filmography
IMDb
Watkins' Gladiators a.k.a. Gladiatorena a.k.a. The Peace Game (1969) is a very interesting film that features a unique concept.The movie takes place in a alternate reality where warfare has been abolished. Countries that want to settle their disputes handle them inside a high tech arena. Each country sends in a crack squad of highly trained commandos. While inside, they play a game that's similar to "capture the flag". The supercomputer controlled arena is operated by technicians from neutral countries. The computer randomly puts up obstacles in the way of the commandos (adding a bit of intrigue to the game). The generals from the opposing forces (along with their allies) play a game of chess with their commandos, watching the proceedings from the safety of a control room (TV screens and computer monitors follow the action). Around the world, the game is televised (except in Russia, China and The United States). The TV programmers even have a say in the action (they have to satisfy the TV viewers).
Once again, Watkins uses his faux documentary style to capture it all on film. This movie's truly ahead of it's time. A concept like this one would make a great reality T.V. show. Unfortunately, like most of Peter Watkins work it's a hard movie to find. But if you ever get a chance to watch it, I recommend that you do.
~ Miyagis_Sweaty_wifebeater
The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
The Gladiators / Gladiatorerna (1969)
