Scipio the African
Mar 03 1971
•2h 44m
•History, Comedy
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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Marcello Mastroianni
Scipione l'Africano
Ruggero Mastroianni
Scipione l'Asiatico
Turi Ferro
Giove Capitolino
Woody Strode
Massinissa
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