Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

1937 5.5 (23 votes) 1h 23m

Genres

War Drama History

Production Companies

ENIC
Consorzio Scipione

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (Scipione l'africano)

Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Director: Carmine Gallone

Screenplay: Carmine Gallone, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Sebastiano Luciani

Story: Carmine Gallone, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Sebastiano Luciani

Director of Photography: Ubaldo Arata, Anchise Brizzi

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

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