Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 · Movie · 117 min. · Italy
Mussolini's government, in addition to making the railroads run on time (and other items not so good), could also produce a movie on a lavish scale, including over 6000 extras in the battle scenes. 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.
Direction Carmine Gallone
Cast Annibale Ninchi · Camillo Pilotto · Fosco Giachetti · Marcello Giorda · Memo Benassi · Francesca Braggiotti · Isa Miranda · Franco Coop · Guglielmo Barnabò · Ciro Galvani · Lamberto Picasso · Raimondo Van Riel · Carlo Ninchi · Carlo Lombardi
Soundtrack Ildebrando Pizzetti
Screenplay Carmine Gallone · Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara · Sebastiano A. Luciani · Silvio Maurano
Cinematography Ubaldo Arata · Anchise Brizzi
Original title Scipione l'africano
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