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"Morituri"'s title derives from a vow taken by gladiators to Caesar in ancient Rome: "We who are about to die salute you." This may have been intriguing to scholars of ancient Rome but it left audiences bewildered and the film sank at the boxoffice.
Oct 10, 2019 · Morituri‘s plot is a spy-thriller, a potboiler. Its execution and characterization, and the great performances by both Yul Brenner at his most intense, and Marlon Brando shortly before he stopped giving a damn, are worth the price of the disc.
Morituri is by no means a flawless masterpiece, but it is a good film. The problem is, because of a somewhat intricate plot you have to watch it a couple of times to understand it. Some parts of the film are dull, especially some of the engine room scenes where there is relative silence--only the noise of the engine room is heard, but it is ...
Morituri: Directed by Bernhard Wicki. With Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin, Trevor Howard. A war pacifist is blackmailed to pose as an SS officer and to disable the scuttling explosives on a freighter carrying rubber cargo to be captured by the Allies.
Morituri (also known as The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri) is a 1965 American war thriller film directed by Bernhard Wicki and starring Marlon Brando, Yul Brynner, Janet Margolin and Trevor Howard. The cinematography was by Conrad L. Hall, and the film musical score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith.
Synopsis. Must mean something unusual. A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres.
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Why is moritiuri called 'Morituri te salutant'?
The terms "Morituri te salutamus" or "Morituri te salutant" were often used in by Roman gladiators in battles in the arena. It translates as "We/They who are about to die salute you."
