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Opens with a brief written description of the Italian genre of historical spectacular films and a history of the film Cabiria. This story tells the personal adventures of a Roman girl (Cabiria) and her two benefactors in the third century B.C. during the Second Punic War. Includes scenes of the erup...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Cabiria (Motion picture).
Corporate Authors: Italia Films, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Pastrone, Giovanni, Catena, Letizia, Quaranta, Letizia, 1892-1974, Marangoni, Gina
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles.
Published: New York, N.Y. : Kino on Video, [1990]
Edition:Restored version.
Subjects:
Punic War, 2nd, 218-201 B.C. > Drama.
Rome > History > Republic, 265-30 B.C. > Drama.
Etna, Mount (Italy) > Eruptions > Drama.
Hannibal, > 247 B.C.-182 B.C. > Drama.
Foreign films.
Silent films.
Motion pictures, Italian.
Feature films.
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Summary:Opens with a brief written description of the Italian genre of historical spectacular films and a history of the film Cabiria. This story tells the personal adventures of a Roman girl (Cabiria) and her two benefactors in the third century B.C. during the Second Punic War. Includes scenes of the eruption of Mt. Etna, sea battles and Hannibal crossing the Alps.
Item Description:Videocassette release of the 1914 motion picture.
A foreign film (Italy).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (123 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Segundo de Chomon ; music, Ildebrando Pizzetti.