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Cabiria

1914 · 148 min · IT

Directed by Giovanni Pastrone

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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1914 · Source: Iconauta

Public domain presentation

Cast & Crew

Giovanni Pastrone · DirectorCarolina Catena · Cabiria (Chlld)Lidia Quaranta · Cabiria (Adult)

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Article
The Operatics of Cabiria (1914): Intermediality in Early Italian Cinema — Oxford Academic

Scholarly article examining the film's intermedial relationships with opera, literature, and painting.

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Cast

Principal players
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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