Carlos Acosta: Spartacus

Carlos Acosta: Spartacus

133 mins | Music | Aug. 9, 2008

Internationally acclaimed as the greatest male dancer of his generation, Carlos Acosta stars as the rebel slave in the most spectacular of Soviet ballets. Filmed in Paris after triumphant performances in Moscow and London, the Bolshoi's classic production presents the Cuban star at the height of his physical and dramatic powers -- as the greatest Spartacus of our time.

Carlos Acosta: Spartacus

133 mins | Music | Aug. 9, 2008

Carlos Acosta: Spartacus
Internationally acclaimed as the greatest male dancer of his generation, Carlos Acosta stars as the rebel slave in the most spectacular of Soviet ballets. Filmed in Paris after triumphant performances in Moscow and London, the Bolshoi's classic production presents the Cuban star at the height of his physical and dramatic powers -- as the greatest Spartacus of our time.
Producers Bolshoi Theatre, Universal Classics
Original title Carlos Acosta: Spartacus
Directors Ross MacGibbon
Writers Raffaello Giovagnoli, Nikolay Volkov, Yuri Grigorovich

Cast

Carlos Acosta

as Spartacus

Alexander Volchkov

as Crassus

Nina Kaptsova

as Phrygia

Maria Allash

as Aegina