Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal

Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic

83 mins
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.

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

Franco Coop

Mezio, Roman soldier

Ciro Galvani

Quinto Fabio Massimo

Piero Carnabuci

Il Reduce della Battaglia

Lamberto Picasso

Hasdrubal, advisor to Hannibal

Diana Lante

Moglie di Scipione

Achille Majeroni

Principe del Senato

Carlo Tamberlani

Ambasciatore Romano

Gino Viotti

Mercante Fenicio

Clara Padoa

Schiava di Sofonisba

Ugo Sasso

Ufficiale

Mario Gallina

Ambasciatore cartaginese

Olinto Cristina

Altro ambasciatore cartaginese

Carlo Duse

Messo di Magone

Franco Brambilla

Ragazzo Romano

Antonella Steni

Una Bambina

Alberto Sordi

Comparsa soldato romano (uncredited)

Alfredo De Antoni

Anziano Cartaginese

Fernando Solieri

Anziano Cartaginese

Mario Carotenuto

Extra (uncredited)

Alberto De Martino

Il figlio di Scipione (uncredited)

Giorgio Mannini

First Assistant Director

Anchise Brizzi

Director of Photography

Pietro Aschieri

Costume Design

Federico Curioni

Production Manager

Giorgio Ferroni

First Assistant Director

Pietro Aschieri

Production Design

Ildebrando Pizzetti

Original Music Composer

Romolo Marcellini

First Assistant Director

Carmine Gallone

Screenplay

Ubaldo Arata

Director of Photography

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