Cabiria

All Nations Bow to This - The Greatest Spectacle the World Has Seen!

1914•2h 28m•

★7.2(142 ratings)

DramaHistory

Overview

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?

Director

Giovanni Pastrone

Writers

Giovanni Pastrone, Gabriele D'Annunzio

Watchlist

Main Cast

Carolina Catena

Cabiria (Chlld)

Lidia Quaranta

Cabiria (Adult)

Gina Marangoni

Croessa

Dante Testa

Karthalo

Cabiria

All Nations Bow to This - The Greatest Spectacle the World Has Seen!

1914•2h 28m•

★7.2(142 ratings)

DramaHistory

Overview

Director

Giovanni Pastrone

Writers

Giovanni Pastrone, Gabriele D'Annunzio

Watchlist

Main Cast

Carolina Catena

Cabiria (Chlld)

Lidia Quaranta

Cabiria (Adult)

Gina Marangoni

Croessa

Dante Testa

Karthalo

Full Crew

Music & Sound

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Segundo de Chomón
Director of Photography: Natale Chiusano
Director of Photography: Carlo Franzeri
Director of Photography: Giovanni Tomatis
Director of Photography: Augusto Battagliotti

Visual Effects

Special Effects Supervisor: Eugenio Bava

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "All Nations Bow to This - The Greatest Spectacle the World Has Seen!"

The runtime is 148 minutes (2h 28m).

The film was directed by Giovanni Pastrone.

The screenplay was written by Giovanni Pastrone and Gabriele D'Annunzio.

Cinematography was handled by Segundo de Chomón.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0003740.

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Rating

7.2/10

Good

142 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Cabiria

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

M/12

Language:

No Language

Country of Origin:

Italy

Production Companies:

Itala Film

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Cabiria

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Carolina Catena

Lidia Quaranta

Gina Marangoni

Dante Testa

Cabiria

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Carolina Catena

Lidia Quaranta

Gina Marangoni

Dante Testa

Umberto Mozzato

Bartolomeo Pagano

Raffaele di Napoli

Emilio Vardannes

Edoardo Davesnes

Italia Almirante-Manzini

Alex Bernard

Luigi Chellini

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