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Les 7 gladiateurs

Original title: I sette magnifici gladiatori
  • 1983
  • PG
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
639
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Sybil Danning, Lou Ferrigno, Brad Harris, and Dan Vadis in Les 7 gladiateurs (1983)
Sword & SorceryActionAdventureDramaFantasy

A bandit chief with magic powers from his witch mother raids a village yearly. The village women find an enchanted sword and seek a hero who can use it to defeat him.A bandit chief with magic powers from his witch mother raids a village yearly. The village women find an enchanted sword and seek a hero who can use it to defeat him.A bandit chief with magic powers from his witch mother raids a village yearly. The village women find an enchanted sword and seek a hero who can use it to defeat him.

  • Directors
    • Bruno Mattei
    • Claudio Fragasso
  • Writer
    • Claudio Fragasso
  • Stars
    • Lou Ferrigno
    • Sybil Danning
    • Brad Harris
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    639
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Bruno Mattei
      • Claudio Fragasso
    • Writer
      • Claudio Fragasso
    • Stars
      • Lou Ferrigno
      • Sybil Danning
      • Brad Harris
    • 13User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Lou Ferrigno
    Lou Ferrigno
    • Han
    Sybil Danning
    Sybil Danning
    • Julia
    Brad Harris
    Brad Harris
    • Scipio
    Dan Vadis
    Dan Vadis
    • Nicerote
    Carla Ferrigno
    Carla Ferrigno
    • Pandora
    Kendal Kaldwell
    • Anakora
    • (as Barbara Pesante)
    Yehuda Efroni
    Yehuda Efroni
    • Emperor
    Mandy Rice-Davies
    • Lucilla
    Robert Mura
    • Vendrix
    Emilio Messina
    Emilio Messina
    • Goliath
    • (as Ivan Beshears)
    Giovanni Cianfriglia
    • Festo
    • (as Jody Wanger)
    Sal Borgese
    Sal Borgese
    • Glafiro
    • (as Michael Franz)
    Françoise Perrot
    • Cornelia
    • (as Kristin Kline)
    Antonella Giacomini
    • Diana
    • (as Claudia Bridges)
    Mary Rader
    • Lydia
    Giuseppe Mattei
    • Dex
    • (as Philip Bard)
    Gregg Logan
    • Dario
    Peter Rugge
    • Meorio
    • Directors
      • Bruno Mattei
      • Claudio Fragasso
    • Writer
      • Claudio Fragasso
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    User reviews13

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    5MonsterVision99

    Entertaining enough but its lower tier Mattei.

    Not all of them can be winners, even Buñuel and Fernando de Fuentes had their own lower tier films, while this isn't exactly on the same level as La hija del engaño (1951) or something like that it's still a very tepid entry for Mattei, devoid of life and stimulating ideas, it never rises above being a slightly above average peplum/Conan rehash/parody. Mattei and Fragasso only made one of these after all.

    Bruno, predictably, has zero interest in this story and directs a lot of the action sequences with laziness and carelessness, which sort of works considering the style of his oeuvre as in that the parodic elements and complete degradation of the genres and subjects he touches can easily flourish even on auto-pilot but this outing lacks compelling images, expressive touches and a cohesive sense of direction that typically unites all of the elements of a good film, things we usually find on Mattei films but not here, making it one of his least interesting ones.

    The first person sequence with Sybil Danning and a couple of the delirious scenes kind of bring this one up a notch but the poor budget restricts much of it. With the classically mostly static camera, the kitschy outfits and the abundant wide shots that capture the fights, one can understand that it's totally a peplum send up, after all, it's on Italy's DNA regardless of whether or not they try to rip-off Conan. As its own peplum tribute/parody it works just fine even in its poor condition.
    lor_

    The Magnificent Seven ride again, in ancient Rome

    My review was written in August 1985 after watching the movie on HBO.

    "The Seven Magnificent Gladiators" is an uncredited (and subpar) remake of John Sturges' "The Magnificent Seven", itself a remake of "Seven Samurai". Action has been transplanted to ancient Rome in this quickie, made in 1982 as a warmup for Lou Ferrigno just prior to his starring in Cannon's "Hercules". Like "Hercules", the film set no box office fires when released regionally in August 1984. A third pic, "Hercules II", remains on the shelf.

    Ferrigno toplines as Han, a barbarian who, after proving his prowess as a chariot racer, is asked by the women of the beleaguered village of Clusium to defend their town against the supposedly immortal demigod Nicerote (Dan Vadis), who annually descends upon them to exact a tribute and kill off any able-bodied men. Han passes the test as the only man able to wield the magical Sword of Achilles.

    Accepting the assignment, Han teams up with a gladiator Scipio (Brad Harris), whom he bested in the chariot race, Scipio's pal Julia (Sybil Danning) and four other out-of-work warriors.

    Plot twists and individual scenes are right out of the Yul Brynner-Steve McQueen classic, with Goliath (Ivan Beshears) introed chopping wood in a vignette identical to Charles Bronson's entrance in the original film and Giafiro (Michael Franz) going through a truncated version of Horst Buccholz' role. Main changes are the introduction of campy scenes in Rome of the emperor (Yehuda Efroni), including the anachronism of oiled-up women in bikinis wrestling for his entertainment. Also, instead of the strategy of defense in the original films, director Bruno Mattei stages two ho-hum swordplay battles. Only point of interest is Sybil Danning's femme warrior, convincingly integrating the previously all-male, he-man format.

    Cast, though articulating in English, is sabotaged by poor dubbing and film develops very little period atmosphere.
    1jmike

    Has all the elements of a classic bad film

    When Conan the Barbarian became a hit in 1982, the Italians where superbly equipped to exploit that fad with a vengeance given their long history of producing bad Hercules and Hercules rip off films. Directed by Italian schlockmaster, Bruno Mattei (Rats Night of Terror, Robowar, Cruel Jaws), it features terrible dubbing, some nice actual Roman ruins for outdoor sets (they already existed and were likely free), the incomparable bad acting team of Lou Ferrigno AND Sybil Danning (who were also both in the Italian 1983 Hercules film), and it has a women's wresting scene where the competitors wear some very non-Roman tiny gold bikinis. The plot is pretty straight forward. Good guy (Ferrigno) gets a magic sword, recruits a team of gladiators, which includes sword & sandal veteran Brad Harris, and kills of a bunch of bad guys terrorizing a group of women. My personal favorite scene is when the "Emperor" tries to wield the magic sword, gets burned since he is not "divine" like Ferrigno. As the Emperor is wildly over acting getting "burned" by the magic sword handle, his cheap plastic crown falls off his head and bounces down a bunch of steps making very audible noises which clearly indicate the crown is very much made of plastic. The film does drag in places, but overall it's an entertaining piece of garbage for bad film fans and fans of director Bruno Mattei's work.
    5HaemovoreRex

    Sybil Danning.......mmmmmmm *drool*

    The mighty Lou Ferrigno stars in this swords & sandal take on Akira Kurosawa's classic The Seven Samurai, brought to us in this case by the ever maligned Bruno Mattei.

    Big Lou's mission, along with his assembled warriors, is to defend a small village from the annual onslaught of a sadistic immortal and his cronies. To aid him in his task, Lou wields a magic sword, a sword in fact that only he can hold and formerly the trusted side arm of none other than Achilles - or so we're told.

    Cue plenty of fairly enjoyable (if slightly handled) battles as our hero's fight for justice on behalf of the victimised community.

    OK despite the title this is sadly most definitely NOT magnificent stuff, but it is nonetheless a harmless enough way to pass an hour and a half or so. Besides, how can any man really complain when none other than the gorgeous (and wonderfully buxom!) Sybil Danning is present?!
    rockinghorse

    if you can't laugh at this

    This movie should have been called One Magnificent Gladiator, One Mediocre Gladiator, Four Scrungy Men and Sybil Danning. Better yet, Lou Ferringo With His Shirt Off and Sybil Danning Almost.

    I suppose it's in the tradition of Seven Samurai, but I don't believe it intends to be comparable. It is silly fun, like other sword-and-sandal movies.

    I admit it does make Conan the Barbarian look like art.

    Nobody who sees Lou Ferrigno and Sybil Danning in lead roles and watches the movie anyway has a right to complain.

    I've heard from imdb's bio of Lou that the most he ever benched was 560. That's hard to believe, seeing that chest and those arms. I'd have thought at least 700, since I can handle 550 and nobody looks at me twice. So it goes.

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    • Trivia
      The film is the 2nd remake of "The Seven Samurai" to star actress Sybil Danning. The first was "Battle Beyond The Stars", which a futuristic remake of the Akira Kurosawa classic.
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      Featured in The World According to Smith & Jones: The Romans (1987)

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    • Release date
      • 1983 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Seven Magnificent Gladiators
    • Filming locations
      • De Paolis Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Cannon Italia Srl
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 23m(83 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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