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Ridley Scott

Gladiator's desert and training school were filmed around Ouarzazate.

  • From: England
  • Their art: filmmaker
  • Made here or about here: Gladiator (2000)

Where in Morocco

  • Ouarzazate: slavery, desert and gladiator-school scenes
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator_(2000_film)

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