The Gladiators (Swedish: Gladiatorerna, alternate title The Peace Game) is a 1969 Swedish drama/science fiction film directed by Peter Watkins.

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The Gladiators
Directed by	Peter Watkins
Written by	Peter Watkins Nicholas Gosling
Produced by	Göran Lindgren
Cinematography	Peter Suschitzky
Music by	Claes af Geijerstam
Release date	25 June 1969
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Sweden
Languages	English Cantonese French German Swedish

Plot

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

Cast

• 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

See also

• The Challenge (1970)

References

External links

• Notes on The Gladiators from Peter Watkins' website
• The Gladiators at IMDb

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