In the combat arena of the Trier Amphitheater, Valerius shows his visitors the shadowy passageways, cellar, and dungeons and narrates from his everyday life as a gladiator.

The professional script by Dominique Caillat thrillingly portrays the history of the freed slave Valerius, who was blinded by the prospects of fame and fortune and never noticed that there was no turning back from the gladiatorial life.

While he was housed in the gladiatorial school barracks, it was the friendship with Metellus, and arena veteran, that helped the young Valerius to survive all the pressures of gladiatorial life. But then came the great day ...

Script: Dominique Caillat
Direction: Dominique Caillat / Gabriele Mugdan

Klaus-Michael Nix, Thom Nowotny, Tim Olrik Stöneberg, Markus Friedmann,
Jörg Mayer, Guillaume Karl