

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
DirectorCarmine Gallone
“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.
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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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