Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
Scipione l'africano
War
Drama
History
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.
1937-08-04
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Cast
Director
Carmine Gallone
Camillo Pilotto as Hannibal
Annibale Ninchi as Publis Cornelius Scipio
Fosco Giachetti as Captain Massinissa
Marcello Giorda as King Syphace
Guglielmo Barnabò as Furius, fat Roman
Isa Miranda as Velia, a Roman woman
Memo Benassi as Cato
Carlo Lombardi as Lucio
Carlo Ninchi as Lelius
Lamberto Picasso as Hasdrubal, advisor to Hannibal
Raimondo Van Riel as Maharbale
Achille Majeroni as Principe del Senato
Carlo Tamberlani as Ambasciatore Romano
Gino Viotti as Mercante Fenicio
Ugo Sasso as Ufficiale
Olinto Cristina as Altro ambasciatore cartaginese
Carlo Duse as Messo di Magone
Antonella Steni as Una Bambina
Enzo Biliotti
Alberto Sordi as Comparsa soldato romano (uncredited)
Mario Carotenuto as Extra (uncredited)
Alberto De Martino as Il figlio di Scipione (uncredited)