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'Scipio, also called the African') is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Magni. [1] Plot. Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal, many years earlier.
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (/ ˈ s k ɪ p. i. oʊ /, / ˈ s ɪ p-/, Latin: [ˈskiːpioː]; 236/235–c. 183 BC) was a Roman general and statesman, most notable as one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War.
Turi Ferro Cast. Arturo Zavattini Cinematography. Severino Gazzelloni Music. Amedeo Salfa Editing. Critics reviews. 2000 years ago, Rome was occupied abroad in extending her boundaries and also her power, while in the interior more or less sordid struggles went on.
Fascist Italy's most spectacular costume epic celebrates ancient Rome's conquests in Africa during the Second Punic War. Produced during Italy's war against Abyssinia, and heavily backed by Mussolini's government, this was at the time the most expensive Italian film ever made.
Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.
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According to English film critic Roger Manvell in his 1974 work Films and the Second World War, "A film set back in classical times, Scipio Africanus (Carmine Gallone, 1937) reinforced Italy's primal right to a place in the African sun, with an equally grandiose pictorial conception."
