Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
1h 23m
Running Time
August 4, 1937
Release Date
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
1h 23m
Running Time
August 4, 1937
Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Camillo Pilotto
Hannibal

Annibale Ninchi
Publis Cornelius Scipio

Fosco Giachetti
Captain Massinissa

sca 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

Clara Padoa
Schiava di Sofonisba

Ugo Sasso
Ufficiale

Mario Gallina
Ambasciatore cartaginese

Olinto Cristina
Altro ambasciatore cartaginese

Carlo Duse
Messo di Magone

Franco Brambilla
Ragazzo Romano

Antonella Steni
Una Bambina

Alberto Sordi
Comparsa soldato romano (uncredited)

Alfredo De Antoni
Anziano Cartaginese

Fernando Solieri
Anziano Cartaginese

Mario Carotenuto
Extra (uncredited)

Alberto De Martino
Il figlio di Scipione (uncredited)

Carmine Gallone
Director / Screenplay / Story

Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara
Story / Screenplay

Sebastiano Luciani
Story / Screenplay

Ildebrando Pizzetti
Original Music Composer

Pietro Aschieri
Production Design / Costume Design

Ubaldo Arata
Director of Photography

Anchise Brizzi
Director of Photography

Vittorio Trentino
Sound

Oswald Hafenrichter
Editor

Federico Curioni
Production Manager

Giorgio Ferroni
First Assistant Director

Giorgio Mannini
First Assistant Director

Romolo Marcellini
First Assistant Director

Ernesto Torrini

Enzo Biliotti

Carla Zaccaria

Carlo Simoneschi

Vittorio Capanni

Gustavo Conforti

Giorgio Covi

Otello Polini

Gennaro Sabatano

Franca Vella

Ruggero Angeletti

Alberto Campi

Albino Principe

Bruno Calabretta

Vittorio Vaser

Giorgio Marcello

Sandro Bianchi

Antimo Reyner

Nino Altieri

Rosina Adrario

Armando Zuccarelli

Amedeo Vecci

Guglielmo Longo

Walter Lazzaro

Cesare Gambarelli

Federico De Martino
Media.

Details.
Release Date
August 4, 1937
Original Name
Scipione l'africano
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 23m
Genres
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Wiki.
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (Italian title: Scipione l'africano is a 1937 Italian historical propaganda film directed by Carmine Gallone about Scipio Africanus from the time of his election as proconsul until his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama. The film received financial backing from Benito Mussolini's dictatorship and its production was overseen by Vittorio Mussolini.
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