Movie
1937
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.
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The Italian military record in the Second World War is traditionally a source of ridicule, but a decade earlier, it was quite another story. Italians managed to pacify Libya, conquer Ethiopia, successfully intervene on the side of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, and invade Albania almost without a shot being fired. In those times, the idea of Italy restoring the Roman Empire, heavily promoted by Mussolini…More
