Cabiria (1914) Italy
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Director:Pastrone, Giovanni, Marangoni, Gina, Mozzato, Umberto, Catena, Carolina, Quaranta, Lidia, Testa, Dante
Studio:Itala Film
Producer:Giovanni Pastrone
Writer:Gabriele D'Annunzio, Titus Livius
Rating:6.9 (1,367 votes)
Date Added:2012-06-05
ASIN:738329018726
UPC:738329018726
Genre:Italian films
Release:2000-11-06
IMDb:0003740
Duration:2:03:00
Picture Format:SD
Aspect Ratio:1.20 : 1
Sound:Silent
Languages:Italian
Subtitles:No subtitles
LAC code:300001401
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Pastrone, Giovanni, Marangoni, Gina, Mozzato, Umberto, Catena, Carolina, Quaranta, Lidia, Testa, Dante  ...  (Director)
Gabriele D'Annunzio, Titus Livius  ...  (Writer)
 
Carolina Catena  ...  Cabiria da piccola
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
Manlio Mazza  ...  Music
Giovanni Tomatis  ...  Director of Photography
Carlo Franzeri  ...  Director of Photography
Segundo de Chomón  ...  Director of Photography
Natale Chiusano  ...  Director of Photography
Augusto Battagliotti  ...  Director of Photography
Eugenio Bava  ...  Director of Photography
Comments: DIT 113.1

Summary: Inspired by grand opera and Italy's imperialist victory in the Libyan War (1911-12), the Italian movie industry produced dozens of historical epics in the period just before World War I. The most influential and successful of these was Cabiria, the visually spectacular film which set the standard for the big-budget feature-length movies around the world and opened the way for D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille. The story concerns a girl-Cabiria-who is separated from her parents during the Punic Wars in the Third Century B.C. In her odyssey through the world of ancient Rome, she encounters the eruption of Mt. Etna, capture by pirates, the barbaric splendor of Carthage, human sacrifice and Hannibal crossing the Alps. With meticulous care given to costume and set design, Cabiria was shot in North Africa, Sicily and the Italian Alps.