
Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal
Facist Italy's 1937 Spectacular Epic
Directed by Carmine Gallone
Produced by ENIC, Consorzio Scipione
A grand historical epic centered on military strategy and national glory, told with the spectacle and propagandistic fervor characteristic of 1930s fascist cinema.
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.
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Is Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.
Is Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.
Does Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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Conventional, and it does not land.
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