Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Name: Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
Released: 1937

19371h 23m

War
Drama
History

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Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic

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: Ildebrando Pizzetti
Cinematography: Ubaldo Arata, Anchise Brizzi

Cast

Camillo PilottoHannibal
Annibale NinchiPublis Cornelius Scipio
Fosco GiachettiCaptain Massinissa
Francesca BraggiottiQueen Sophonisba
Marcello GiordaKing Syphace
Guglielmo BarnabòFurius, fat Roman
Isa MirandaVelia, a Roman woman
Memo BenassiCato
Franco CoopMezio, Roman soldier
Ciro GalvaniQuinto Fabio Massimo

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