Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

  • War
  • Drama
  • History
8/4/1937
83

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

      Cast

      • Camillo Pilotto
        Hannibal
      • Annibale Ninchi
        Publis Cornelius Scipio
      • Fosco Giachetti
        Captain Massinissa
      • Francesca Braggiotti
        Queen Sophonisba
      • Marcello Giorda
        King Syphace
      • Guglielmo Barnabò
        Furius, fat Roman
      • Isa Miranda
        Velia, a Roman woman
      • Memo Benassi
        Cato
      • Franco Coop
        Mezio, Roman soldier
      • Ciro Galvani
        Quinto Fabio Massimo
      • Carlo Lombardi
        Lucio
      • Marcello Spada
        Arunte
      • Piero Carnabuci
        Il Reduce della Battaglia
      • Carlo Ninchi
        Lelius
      • Lamberto Picasso
        Hasdrubal, advisor to Hannibal
      • Diana Lante
        Moglie di Scipione

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