Aït Ben Haddou
Gladiator (2000)
This is the place where Gladiator starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix and Connie Nielsen was filmed at Aït Ben Haddou in Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco. Start scrolling to find out more.
SCENE
Maximus has to entertain the people in the arena as a gladiator if he wants to survive. ‘Are you not entertained?’ he asks them after slaughtering several opponents.
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Aït Ben Haddou, Morocco
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31.0473728179932, -7.12786102294922
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Aït Ben Haddou is an ighrem, a fortified village, along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech in Morocco. Most citizens attracted by the tourist trade live in more modern dwellings in a village on the other side of the river, although there are four families still living in the ancient village. Aït Benhaddou has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.
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Russell Crowe
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In the year 180, the death of emperor Marcus Aurelius throws the Roman Empire into chaos. Maximus is one of the Roman army's most capable and trusted generals and a key advisor to the emperor. As Marcus' devious son Commodus ascends to the throne, Maximus is set to be executed. He escapes, but is captured by slave traders. Renamed Spaniard and forced to become a gladiator, Maximus must battle to the death with other men for the amusement of paying audiences.
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