Poster for Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)

★ 5.5/10 83 min War, Drama, History Italy Italian

Director: Carmine Gallone

Story by: Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Carmine Gallone, Sebastiano Luciani
Screenplay by: Sebastiano Luciani, Carmine Gallone, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara

Streaming: Not available

Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic

Description

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.

Top 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