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Cabiria

  • 1914
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 28m
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7.1/10
3.8K
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Cabiria (1914)
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Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome an... Read allCabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.Cabiria is a Roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano. Sold in Carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by Fulvio, a Roman spy. But danger lurks, and hatred between Rome and Carthage can only lead to war.

  • Director
    • Giovanni Pastrone
  • Writers
    • Gabriele D'Annunzio
    • Titus Livius
    • Giovanni Pastrone
  • Stars
    • Italia Almirante-Manzini
    • Lidia Quaranta
    • Bartolomeo Pagano
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Giovanni Pastrone
    • Writers
      • Gabriele D'Annunzio
      • Titus Livius
      • Giovanni Pastrone
    • Stars
      • Italia Almirante-Manzini
      • Lidia Quaranta
      • Bartolomeo Pagano
    • 38User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Vitale Di Stefano and Bartolomeo Pagano in Cabiria (1914)
    Umberto Mozzato, Bartolomeo Pagano, and Lidia Quaranta in Cabiria (1914)
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    Italia Almirante-Manzini
    Italia Almirante-Manzini
    • Sophonisba - Hasdrubal's Daughter
    Lidia Quaranta
    Lidia Quaranta
    • Cabiria - also called Elissa
    Bartolomeo Pagano
    Bartolomeo Pagano
    • Maciste - Axilla's Slave
    Carolina Catena
    • Cabiria da piccola
    • (as Catena)
    • …
    Teresa Marangoni
    Teresa Marangoni
    • Croessa - Cabiria's Nurse
    • (as Gina Marangoni)
    Dante Testa
    Dante Testa
    • Karthalo - the High Priest
    Umberto Mozzato
    • Fulvio 'Fulvius' Axilla
    Raffaele di Napoli
    • Bodastoret - the Innkeeper
    Emilio Vardannes
    • Hannibal
    Edoardo Davesnes
    • Hasdrubal
    Alex Bernard
    Alex Bernard
    • Siface 'Syphax' - King of Cirta
    • (as Alessandro Bernard)
    Luigi Chellini
    • Scipione 'Scipio' - the Consul
    Vitale Di Stefano
    • Massinissa - the Numidian King
    Enrico Gemelli
    • Archimede
    Ignazio Lupi
    Ignazio Lupi
    • Arbace
    Francesca Bertini
    Francesca Bertini
    Giuseppe Ferrari
    Soava Gallone
    Soava Gallone
    • Director
      • Giovanni Pastrone
    • Writers
      • Gabriele D'Annunzio
      • Titus Livius
      • Giovanni Pastrone
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    • Trivia
      This was the first film to use a dolly-track system, the effects of which were pegged "Cabiria movements" in the industry.
    • Alternate versions
      Eighteen Frame, Inc. copyrighted a version in 1990 with a piano music score based on the original score by Manlio Mazza, and performed by Jacques Gauthier. Intertitles were translated by Charles Affron and Mirella Jona Affron. It was distributed by Kino Video and runs 125 minutes, but there is also a two-minute introduction.
    • Connections
      Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)

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    7/10
    A Tremendous, Epic Accomplishment for Cinema
    This was a confusing, yet highly important, one to watch. I have to say that I haven't watched a silent film in a long time so adjusting to the many, many differences was a struggle. I found the captions to be really lacking in clarity. I appreciate the beauty of their writing but I'm not really trying to decode poetry when watching a silent epic, you know? It's not even that, really, it was the constant introduction of new names without describing who they were or what the hell their problem was. I was under the impression that the captions would describe what was about to happen, but really they just introduced it, which meant that I understood a bit of what was happening before their mouths kept moving and their arms started flailing and fights started happening and I was lost again. I definitely wish I had a historian in my room just quietly explaining where these ancient cities were and why everyone was so upset all the time. I could Google it while watching but I have a strict rule against touching my phone while a movie is on. Try to read up on the context surrounding the story before watching if you can.

    Anyway, the sets were grand even by today's standards and that impressed me a lot. Even the special effects they utilized were outstanding, because at that time in cinema, they weren't special effects as much as they were visual tricks that the filmmakers had to figure out and pioneer on their own essentially. I really liked the Maciste character and I wasn't surprised to find that he was extremely popular when this movie came out, too. The naked children everywhere and live birds flying around a set that is actively crumbling and in flames was bananas! It made me wonder how many people/animals died on sets back before there were regulations. The story had many complexities to it and that was cool. It definitely deserves it's title as an epic. It is not an easy watch, but it is a worthwhile one. No doubt it was piloted by a strong plot. I agree with the many others who have said that this is a must-see for people who truly love film. I definitely recommend it and am happy to have it in my movie collection.
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    • Release date
      • May 9, 1914 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Cabiria I: Cabirias ring
    • Filming locations
      • FERT Studios, Turin, Piedmont, Italy(interiors)
    • Production company
      • Itala Film
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    • Budget
      • ITL 1,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 28 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.20 : 1

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