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Cabiria

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Young Sicilian girl Cabiria (Lidia Quaranta) and her nurse, Croessa (Gina Marangoni), survive a devastating volcanic eruption, only to be taken by Phoenicians to Carthage. As the second of the Punic Wars rages between Carthage and Rome, the pair is sold into slavery, and Cabiria is intended as an offering to the god Moloch and the child-eating statue Kronos. Croessa convinces Roman Fulvius Axilla (Umberto Mozzato) to rescue Cabiria, yet afterward the girl remains in slavery for another decade.
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New York Post Staff New York Post It should be said that the pictures have been most carefully thought out, and that there is none of the crudity and bad taste which have marred many earlier picture-spectacles. Oct 16, 2020 Full Review Times (UK) Staff Times (UK) Fire effects, a volcanic eruption, battles, thrilling adventures on land and water, crowds of actors make a kaleidoscope of action that lasts for more than two hours, and the incidents follow in a succession so rapid as to be sometimes a little confusing. Oct 16, 2020 Full Review

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Audience Member This film is I guess significant for being one of the first epic films ever released. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member I find it tragic, enthralling, and mysterious that one of the most innovative films in the history of cinema is also one of the least known. In many ways, it was so far ahead of it's time, and so evolved in terms of the grand vision the film possessed. Simply put, every Epic film in the pantheon of cinematic history owes something to Cabiria. An appropriate and well-deserved nickname for this film would have to be the Godfather of Epics. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review
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Synopsis Young Sicilian girl Cabiria (Lidia Quaranta) and her nurse, Croessa (Gina Marangoni), survive a devastating volcanic eruption, only to be taken by Phoenicians to Carthage. As the second of the Punic Wars rages between Carthage and Rome, the pair is sold into slavery, and Cabiria is intended as an offering to the god Moloch and the child-eating statue Kronos. Croessa convinces Roman Fulvius Axilla (Umberto Mozzato) to rescue Cabiria, yet afterward the girl remains in slavery for another decade.
Director
Giovanni Pastrone
Screenwriter
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Genre
History, Drama, Adventure
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2007
Runtime
2h 3m
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