

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
1937 · 83 min · 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.
- Director
- Carmine Gallone
- Writers
- Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Carmine Gallone, Sebastiano Luciani
- Released
- August 4, 1937
- Language
- Italian
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

Carlo Lombardi
Lucio
Marcello Spada
Arunte
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