Carmine Gallone
Director
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)
A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama.
Keywords: imdb.antiquity, imdb.roman-history, imdb.based-on-history, imdb.loosely-based-on-historical-events, imdb.3rd-century-b-c, imdb.200s-b-c, imdb.roman-republic + 35 more, imdb.smithy, imdb.sicily, imdb.roman-soldier, imdb.war-veteran, imdb.national-pride, imdb.harangue, imdb.trireme, imdb.galley, imdb.queen, imdb.numidia, imdb.maghreb, imdb.conquest, imdb.forced-suicide, imdb.suicide-by-poison, imdb.peace-deal, imdb.catapult, imdb.spy, imdb.armies-clashing, imdb.battlefield, imdb.cavalry-charge, imdb.military-strategy, imdb.second-punic-war, imdb.hannibal, imdb.roman-salute, imdb.north-africa, imdb.sword-and-sandal, imdb.propaganda, imdb.italy, imdb.carthage, imdb.peplum, imdb.elephant-stampede, imdb.elephant, imdb.ancient-rome, imdb.character-name-in-title, awards.festival-venice-winner
Production Companies: Ente Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche (ENIC), Consorzio Scipione
Recommendations
Runtime: 83 min.
Released: Aug. 4, 1937
Status: Released
Certification: NR