Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
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.
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
Franco Coop
Mezio, Roman soldier
Ciro Galvani
Quinto Fabio Massimo
Crew
Carmine Gallone
Director
Giorgio Mannini
First Assistant Director
Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara
Story
Anchise Brizzi
Director of Photography
Pietro Aschieri
Costume Design
Carmine Gallone
Story
Sebastiano Luciani
Story
Sebastiano Luciani
Screenplay
Federico Curioni
Production Manager
Giorgio Ferroni
First Assistant Director