Top Cast
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Camillo Pilotto
Hannibal
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Annibale Ninchi
Publis Cornelius Scipio
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Fosco Giachetti
Captain Massinissa
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Francesca Braggiotti
Queen Sophonisba
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Marcello Giorda
King Syphace
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Guglielmo Barnabò
Furius, fat Roman
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Isa Miranda
Velia, a Roman woman
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Memo Benassi
Cato
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Franco Coop
Mezio, Roman soldier
Overview
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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