What part of history is the movie Gladiator about?

The Roman period belongs to ancient times in European history, not to the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages were from the end of the Western Roman Empire to the Renaissance. There is a Roman emperor in the film, which shows that it was the imperial period, not the Republic of China.

At the beginning of the film, the legions in the heyday of Rome defeated the Germans, so it was the first dynasty of the Roman Empire: Julius Claudius.

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Creation background

Mark Siemers, the protagonist of Gladiator, is based on the Roman general Mark Linus, and the story told in the film is also based on Mark Linus' experience, but the screenwriter of the film adds a fictional event: after Marcus Aurelius was murdered by his son, Maximus was imprisoned and exiled to North Africa? .

Clothing modeling

In order to conform to the characteristics of the times, the dresses and clothes worn by the actors in the film, as well as the modeling of gladiators, all refer to the style of ancient Rome. Connie Nielsen's skirt is almost hand-woven with pure silk. The shoes worn by the actors in the film are all hand-made in Rome, and the jewelry worn by the actors is specially made by British jewelers? .

post production

The jubilant scene of the Colosseum in ancient Rome was made by computer. First, the photographer of the crew filmed the real actions of the extras, and then the personnel of the special effects group copied and distributed their images to the two-dimensional cards of each seat with the computer imaging system.

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