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Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
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.
Cast
- Camillo Pilotto as Hannibal
- Annibale Ninchi as Publis Cornelius Scipio
- Fosco Giachetti as Captain Massinissa
- Francesca Braggiotti as Queen Sophonisba
- Marcello Giorda as King Syphace
- Guglielmo Barnabò as Furius, fat Roman
- Isa Miranda as Velia, a Roman woman
- Memo Benassi as Cato
- Franco Coop as Mezio, Roman soldier
- Ciro Galvani as Quinto Fabio Massimo
- Carlo Lombardi as Lucio
- Marcello Spada as Arunte
Details
- Director
- Carmine Gallone
- Released
- August 4, 1937
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History
- Studio
- ENIC and Consorzio Scipione
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 5.5 / 10 from 24 votes
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