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title: 'The Arena (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Timur Bekmambetov'
released: '2001-01-01'
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Russia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-arena-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284867/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Arena (2001)

2001 · History · Russia


## Synopsis

The Arena is a direct-to-video film from producer Roger Corman on the subject of female gladiators. It is a remake of the 1974 The Arena with Pam Grier. It was shot in Russia by Kazakh director Timur Bekmambetov with a Russian crew and it featured Playboy Playmates Karen McDougal and Lisa Dergan, in their feature film debut, playing Amazon slaves forced to be gladiators in battles staged in a Roman arena by sadistic Roman Governor Timarchus.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Timur Bekmambetov](https://cinepixo.com/people/timur-bekmambetov)
- **Screenplay:** [John William Corrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-william-corrington)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pavel Karmanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/pavel-karmanov)
- **Producer:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ulugbek Khamrayev](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulugbek-khamrayev)
- **Editor:** [Dmitry Kiselyov](https://cinepixo.com/people/dmitry-kiselyov)

## Cast

- [Karen McDougal](https://cinepixo.com/people/karen-mcdougal)

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