Scipio the African

IMDb link: 0067719
IMDb rating: 6.6 (310 votes)
Genres: Comedy, History
Director: Vittorio Gassman, Luigi Magni
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Woody Strode, Silvana Mangano, Turi Ferro, Ruggero Mastroianni and others

Release date: 13 Jul 1972
Release year: 1971
Runtime: 114 minutes
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Keywords: italy, roman republic, roman history, speech, punic wars, ancient rome

Plot:

Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal Barca. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome.

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