---
title: 'Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Carmine Gallone'
released: '1937-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/scipio-africanus-the-defeat-of-hannibal-1937'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029526/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal (1937)

1937 · 117 min · History · Italy

Original title: Scipione l'Africano

## Synopsis

Scipio Africanus: The Defeat of Hannibal is a 1937 Italian historical propaganda film directed by Carmine Gallone about Scipio Africanus from the time of his election as proconsul until his defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama. The film received financial backing from Benito Mussolini's dictatorship and its production was overseen by Vittorio Mussolini.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Carmine Gallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmine-gallone)
- **Screenplay:** [Carmine Gallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/carmine-gallone)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ildebrando Pizzetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/ildebrando-pizzetti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ubaldo Arata](https://cinepixo.com/people/ubaldo-arata), [Anchise Brizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/anchise-brizzi)
- **Editor:** [Oswald Hafenrichter](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-hafenrichter)

## Cast

- [Walter Lazzaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lazzaro)
- [Carlo Tamberlani](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-tamberlani)
- [Memo Benassi](https://cinepixo.com/people/memo-benassi) as Cato the Elder
- [Annibale Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/annibale-ninchi) as Scipio Africanus
- [Francesca Braggiotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/francesca-braggiotti) as Sophonisba
- [Mario Gallina](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-gallina)
- [Camillo Pilotto](https://cinepixo.com/people/camillo-pilotto) as Hannibal
- [Marcello Spada](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcello-spada) as Arunte
- [Carlo Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-ninchi) as Lelius
- [Ciro Galvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ciro-galvani) as Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
- [Achille Majeroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/achille-majeroni)
- [Piero Carnabuci](https://cinepixo.com/people/piero-carnabuci) as Il Reduce della Battaglia
- [Franco Coop](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-coop) as Mezio, Roman soldier
- [Diana Lante](https://cinepixo.com/people/diana-lante)
- [Antonella Steni](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonella-steni)

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