Cabiria

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

May 9 1914 Not Rated 2h 28m
Adventure, Drama, History

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?

Plot

Three centuries before Christus. Young Cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the Etna. She is sold as a slave in Carthage, and as she is just going to be sacrificed to god Moloch, Cabiria is rescued by both Fulvio Axilla, a Roman noble, and his giant slave Maciste. Maciste is captured just after having confided Cabiria to Sophinisbe's safe keeping, while Fulvio Axilla manages to escape from Carthage. Ten years went away with Punic wars before he is able to come back to Carthage...

Written by

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Titus Livius, Giovanni Pastrone

Directed by

Giovanni Pastrone

Cast

Italia Almirante-Manzini, Lidia Quaranta, Bartolomeo Pagano

Crew

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Production Countries

Italy

Production Companies

Italia Film

Languages

No Language

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