Cabiria (1914)
1914 · Movie · 126 min. · Italy
Synopsis of Cabiria (1914)
During the Punic Wars in the third century B.C. the little girl Cabiria, and her nurse Croessa, are abducted during the confusion caused by an eruption of Mount Etna. Cabiria is sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in the temple of Moloch. Fulvio Axilla, a Roman spy, and his slave, Maciste, rescue her and she ends up in the care of Queen Sophonisba. Ten years later, after many wars and alliances, Carthage falls to the Romans and Cabiria returns home with Fulvio.
Direction Giovanni Pastrone
Cast Lidia Quaranta · Italia Almirante Manzini · Umberto Mozzato · Bartolomeo Pagano · Carolina Catena · Vitale De Stefano · Gina Marangoni · Dante Testa · Alex Bernard · Raffaele di Napoli · Emilio Vardannes · Ignazio Lupi · Enrico Gemelli · Luigi Chellini · Edoardo Davesnes · Francesca Bertini · Pina Menichelli · Domenico Gambino
Soundtrack Manlio Mazza
Screenplay Gabriele D'Annunzio · Giovanni Pastrone · Emilio Salgari · Titus Livius
Cinematography Augusto Battagliotti · Eugenio Bava · Natale Chiusano · Segundo de Chomón · Carlo Franzeri · Giovanni Tomatis
Original title Cabiria, Visione Storica del Terzo Secolo A.C.
Also known as Cabiria
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