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Cabiria

1914·148 min·IT
Director: Giovanni Pastrone
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Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla, a good-hearted Roman spy, and his powerful slave, Maciste. The trio are broken up as Cabiria is entrusted to a woman of noble birth. With Cabiria's fate unknown, Maciste punished for his heroism, and Fulvius sent away to fight for Rome, is there any hope of our heroes reuniting?

Young Cabiria is kidnapped by pirates and sold as a slave in Carthage. Just as she's to be sacrificed to Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by Fulvius Axilla, a good-hearted Roman spy, and his powerful slave, Maciste. The trio are broken up as Cabiria is entrusted to a woman of noble birth. With Cabiria's fate unknown, Maciste punished for his heroism, and Fulvius sent away to fight for Rome, is there any hope of our heroes reuniting?

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Cast

C

Carolina Catena

Cabiria (Chlld)

Lidia Quaranta

Lidia Quaranta

Cabiria (Adult)

G

Gina Marangoni

Croessa

D

Dante Testa

Karthalo

U

Umberto Mozzato

Fulvio Axilla

B

Bartolomeo Pagano

Maciste

R

Raffaele di Napoli

Bodastoret - the Innkeeper

E

Emilio Vardannes

Hannibal

E

Edoardo Davesnes

Hasdrubal

Italia Almirante-Manzini

Italia Almirante-Manzini

Sophonisba - Hasdrubal's Daughter

A

Alex Bernard

Siface "Syphax" - King of Cirta

L

Luigi Chellini

Scipione "Scipio" - the Consul

V

Vitale Di Stefano

Massinissa - the Numidian King

E

Enrico Gemelli

Archimede

I

Ignazio Lupi

Arbace

Crew

Giovanni Pastrone

writer

Segundo de Chomón

cinematographer

Natale Chiusano

cinematographer

Gabriele D'Annunzio

writer

Carlo Franzeri

cinematographer

Giovanni Tomatis

cinematographer

Augusto Battagliotti

cinematographer

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