Other Titles • Cabiria • Cabiria, Visione Storica del Terzo Secolo A.C.
Synopses for Cabiria (1914)
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During the war between Carthage and Rome, a girl is separated from her parents. In her odyssey through the world of ancient Rome, she encounters an erupting volcano, the barbaric splendor of Carthage, human sacrifice and Hannibal crossing the Alps. Silent film with piano score.
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The most influential and successful of Italy's pre-WWI historical epics, the visually spectacular "Cabiria" set the standard for big-budget features and opened the way for D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. The story concerns a girl, Cabiria, who is separated from her parents during the Punic Wars in the Third century B.C. In her odyssey through the world of ancient Rome, she encounters the eruption of Mt. Etna, capture by pirates, the barbaric splendor of Carthage, human sacrifice and Hannibal crossing the Alps. With meticulous care given to costume and set design, "Cabiria" was shot in North Africa, Sicily and the Italian Alps, and features a piano score adapted from the original 1914 score.
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