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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.
Directed by Carmine Gallone
55
User score
24 votes
Status
Released
Released
August 4, 1937
Runtime
1h 23m
Language
Italian
Top 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
Raimondo Van Riel
Maharbale
Achille Majeroni
Principe del Senato
Carlo Tamberlani
Ambasciatore Romano
Gino Viotti
Mercante Fenicio
