TY - ADVS ED - LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) TI - Spartacus SN - 0783226039 AV - DAA 0952 (viewing copy) PY - 1960/// CY - United States PB - Universal KW - Spartacus, KW - Features KW - mim KW - Historical re-creations KW - local KW - Epics KW - Videodiscs KW - gmgpc N1 - Copyright: Universal Pictures Co., Inc. & Byrna Productions, Inc.; 6Oct60; LP24917; Copyright notice on videodisc jacket: MCA Home Video, Inc. ; 1985; LC videodisc viewing copy is reissue copy; reissue date is copyright date from videodisc jacket; Two discs in one jacket; Summary from disc jacket; On disc jacket: MCA Home Video 40002; Based on the novel by Howard Fast; LC also holds a restored Criterion collection version with additional material in the Copyright Collection; Sources used: videodisc jacket; Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1960-1969; Executive producer, Kirk Douglas ; music composed and conducted by Alex North; Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis N2 - Spartacus, a Thracian slave, is trained in Rome as a gladiator. He falls in love with a beautiful slave woman Varnia. During a revolt, Spartacus and Varnia manage to escape. He forms an army of slaves to battle against the Romans. After an early victory, the slave revolt is put down and Spartacus is crucified ER -