Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic
1937 · 1h 23m · War, Drama, History
Genres: War, Drama, History
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
Director: Carmine Gallone
Writers: Carmine Gallone, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Sebastiano Luciani
Music by: Ildebrando Pizzetti
Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata, Anchise Brizzi
Editor: Oswald Hafenrichter
Cast
Camillo Pilotto as HannibalAnnibale Ninchi as Publis Cornelius ScipioFosco Giachetti as Captain MassinissaFrancesca Braggiotti as Queen SophonisbaMarcello Giorda as King SyphaceGuglielmo Barnabò as Furius, fat RomanIsa Miranda as Velia, a Roman womanMemo Benassi as CatoFranco Coop as Mezio, Roman soldierCiro Galvani as Quinto Fabio MassimoCarlo Lombardi as LucioMarcello Spada as ArunteMore like this
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