Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

83 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 4, 1937

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.

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

83 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 4, 1937

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC), Consorzio Scipione
Original title Scipione l'africano
Directors Giorgio Mannini, Romolo Marcellini, Giorgio Ferroni, Carmine Gallone
Writers Sebastiano Luciani, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Carmine Gallone

Cast

Camillo Pilotto

as Hannibal

Annibale Ninchi

as Publis Cornelius Scipio

Fosco Giachetti

as Captain Massinissa

Francesca Braggiotti

as Queen Sophonisba

Marcello Giorda

as King Syphace

Guglielmo Barnabò

as Furius, fat Roman

Isa Miranda

as Velia, a Roman woman

Memo Benassi

as Cato

Franco Coop

as Mezio, Roman soldier

Ciro Galvani

as Quinto Fabio Massimo

Carlo Lombardi

as Lucio

Marcello Spada

as Arunte

Piero Carnabuci

as Il Reduce della Battaglia

Carlo Ninchi

as Lelius

Lamberto Picasso

as Hasdrubal, advisor to Hannibal

Diana Lante

as Moglie di Scipione

Raimondo Van Riel

as Maharbale

Achille Majeroni

as Principe del Senato

Carlo Tamberlani

as Ambasciatore Romano

Gino Viotti

as Mercante Fenicio

Clara Padoa

as Schiava di Sofonisba

Ugo Sasso

as Ufficiale

Mario Gallina

as Ambasciatore cartaginese

Olinto Cristina

as Altro ambasciatore cartaginese

Carlo Duse

as Messo di Magone

Franco Brambilla

as Ragazzo Romano

Antonella Steni

as Una Bambina

Alberto Sordi

as Comparsa soldato romano (uncredited)

Alfredo De Antoni

as Anziano Cartaginese

Fernando Solieri

as Anziano Cartaginese

Mario Carotenuto

as Extra (uncredited)