Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)

5.5/10 83 min War Drama History

Overview

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.

Cast

Camillo Pilotto

Hannibal

Annibale Ninchi

Publis Cornelius Scipio

Fosco Giachetti

Captain Massinissa

Marcello Giorda

King Syphace

Guglielmo Barnabò

Furius, fat Roman

Isa Miranda

Velia, a Roman woman

Memo Benassi

Cato

Carlo Lombardi

Lucio

Carlo Ninchi

Lelius

Lamberto Picasso

Hasdrubal, advisor to Hannibal

Raimondo Van Riel

Maharbale

Achille Majeroni

Principe del Senato

Carlo Tamberlani

Ambasciatore Romano

Gino Viotti

Mercante Fenicio

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