Scipione l'africano (Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal)

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Directed by

Carmine Gallone

Starring (View all)

Annibale Ninchi
Publius Cornelius Scipio

Fosco Giachetti
Captain Massinissa

Marcello Giorda
King Syphace

Isa Miranda
Velia, a Roman woman

Memo Benassi
Cato

Franco Coop
Mezio, Roman soldier

Carlo Tamberlani
Ambasciatore Romano

Antonella Steni
Una Bambina

Written by

Carmine Gallone
(story)

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2 years, 2 months ago at Feb 27 4:27

fernando

(OK) Apart from a weak actor as Scipione; everything is brilliant. From Cabiria to this Scipione mass action in italian cinema is in its peak. Hannibal is so moving loving theforeign land he figths for; Sofonisba is the perfec Cleopatra, her king is a 'don´t ask a madman for his madness' great support character, Isa Miranda is tragic...there are elegant touches between action (as a siluette of a ... read more

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Film Diary 2023 (74 movies items)

"26.10. The mass scenes are still nice to look at, but the poor narrative sucks the life out of the film. I think it is good that the Italians at least had decency to keep it short enough: this is barely longer than 1h and 40 mins, which is just right."

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fernando posted a review 2 years, 2 months ago

“(OK) Apart from a weak actor as Scipione; everything is brilliant. From Cabiria to this Scipione mass action in italian cinema is in its peak. Hannibal is so moving loving theforeign land he figths for; Sofonisba is the perfec Cleopatra, her king is a 'don´t ask a madman for his madness' great support character, Isa Miranda is tragic...there are elegant touches between action (as a siluette of a ship depicting the bitter return of Hannibal)...” read more