Catalog Num:
FM-C026-1914
Inspired by grand opera and italy's imperialist victory in the Libyan War (1911-12), the Italian movie industry produced dozens of historical epics in the period just before World War I. The most influential and successful of these was CABIRIA, the visually spectacular film which set the standard for big-budget feature-length movies around the world and opened the way for D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille Director: Giovanni Pastrone. Actors: Umberto Mozzato, Bartolomeo Pagano, Italia Manzini, Letizia Catna, Letizia Quaranta . Black and White. Country: Italy. Subtitled.