Scipione l'Africano
- Artefact Type:
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film
- Description:
- Mammoth historical epic (a 'kolossal' in Italian) on the military campaign Scipio Africanus led against Hannibal in Africa and his victory in the battle of Zama. It was shot and produced by a massive all-Italian enterprise, resorting to thousands of actors and incurring enormous costs. It is an indirect celebration of the conquest of Ethiopia and the figure of Mussolini as a model of masculinity and a military leader.
- Duration (mins):
- 115
- Release Date:
- 1937-08-04
- Director:
- > Carmine Gallone
- Assistant Director:
- > Giorgio Ferroni
- Assistant Director:
- > Giorgio Mannini
- Assistant Director:
- > Romolo Marcellini
- Composer:
- > Ildebrando Pizzetti
- Screenwriter:
- > Sebastiano Arturo Luciani
- Screenwriter:
- > Camillo Mariani Dell'Anguillara
- Screenwriter:
- > Silvio Maurano
- Scenic Designer:
- > Pietro Aschieri
- Actor:
- > Camillo Pilotto
- Actor:
- > Ines Isabella Sampietro (known as 'Isa Miranda')
- Actor:
- > Fosco Giachetti
- Actor:
- > Annibale Ninchi
- Actor:
- > Francesca Braggiotti
- Actor:
- > Domenico Benassi (known as 'Memo Benassi')
- Production Company:
- > CONSORZIO SCIPIONE
- Production Company:
- > ENIC
- Genre:
- > Epic-Historical
Corporate city (città corporativa) Heteronomy State art Anti-liberalism New Man Consensus Space Collectivity Sacralization Totalitarian realism Historicity Political system or apparatus