Cabiria (1910)
Director: Giovanni Pastrone
Cast: Carolina Catena .... Cabiria, as a Child (as Catena), Lidia Quaranta .... Cabiria, also called Elissa, Gina Marangoni .... Croessa, Cabiria's Nurse, Dante Testa .... Karthalo, the High Priest. Umberto Mozzato .... Fulvio 'Fulvius' Axilla, Bartolomeo Pagano .... Maciste, Axilla's Slave, Raffaele di Napoli .... Bodastoret, the Innkeeper, Emilio Vardannes .... Hannibal, Edoardo Davesnes .... Hasdrubal, Italia Almirante-Manzini .... Sophonisba, Hasdrubal's Daughter, Alessandro Bernard .... Siface 'Syphax', King of Cirta, Luigi Chellini .... Scipione 'Scipio', the Consul, Vitale Di Stefano .... Massinissa, the Numidian King, Enrico Gemelli .... Archimede, Ignazio Lupi .... Arbace.
a young girl's odyssey through ancient Rome at the time of Hannibal
Historical Background:
See Hannibal (1960).
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