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Gladiator

2000 · Film · United Kingdom, United States · Directed by Ridley Scott

Poster of Gladiator
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The earth-walled ksar of Aït Benhaddou rising above its riverbed
Filmed here: Aït Benhaddou · Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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Gladiator is a 2000 epic action adventure drama film directed by Ridley Scott and written by David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson from a story by Franzoni. It stars Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays Maximus Decimus Meridius, a Roman general who is betrayed when Commodus, the ambitious son of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, murders his father and seizes the throne.

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Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  2. Arabic Wikipedia, filming-location category
  3. French Wikipedia, filming-location category
  4. Wikidata, filming location (P915)

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Also shot there, and the sets to visit

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves1954 · Taroudant, Ouarzazate, AgadirThe Man Who Knew Too Much1956 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechLawrence of Arabia1962 · Ouarzazate, Aït BenhaddouSodom and Gomorrah1962 · Marrakech, OuarzazateGreed in the Sun1964 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechOedipus Rex1967 · Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, ZagoraThe Man Who Would Be King1975 · Ouarzazate, Aït BenhaddouBanzaï1983 · OuarzazateThe film mapEvery title shot in Morocco, with filtersVisiting the film setsA route to Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, Essaouira and Tangier

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