Cabiria - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Cabiria"

Cabiria (1914)

Timing: 2:28 (148 min)

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Actors and characters

Carolina Catena

Character Cabiria (Chlld)

Lidia Quaranta

Character Cabiria (Adult)

Gina Marangoni

Character Croessa

Dante Testa

Character Karthalo

Umberto Mozzato

Character Fulvio Axilla

Bartolomeo Pagano

Character Maciste

Raffaele di Napoli

Character Bodastoret - the Innkeeper

Emilio Vardannes

Character Hannibal

Edoardo Davesnes

Character Hasdrubal

Italia Almirante-Manzini

Character Sophonisba - Hasdrubal's Daughter

Alex Bernard

Character Siface "Syphax" - King of Cirta

Luigi Chellini

Character Scipione "Scipio" - the Consul

Vitale Di Stefano

Character Massinissa - the Numidian King

Enrico Gemelli

Character Archimede

Ignazio Lupi

Character Arbace

What's left behind the scenes

Pilot Giovanni Vidner flew four circles over Rome, showering it with leaflets announcing the film's premiere.
Preparing for the filming of the movie, Giovanni Pastrone patented a trolley, "travelling" (Italian: carello), in Italy on August 5, 1912. Simultaneously with the use of the trolley, Giovanni Pastrone first introduced several technical techniques: straight or zigzag movement, movement parallel to the scenery, and approaching and withdrawing the camera.
During the filming of the movie, Giovanni Pastrone used 12 arc reflectors of 100 amps each, the brightness of which he enhanced with reflecting screens covered in sheets of tin foil.
Bartolomeo Pagano was not a professional actor, but a stevedore at the port of Genoa.
The film, and especially one of its characters—the giant Maciste (in the old Russian pronunciation, Matsist)—played by Bartolomeo Pagano, was so popular that it is mentioned in Ilf and Petrov’s novel "The Twelve Chairs": "Hippolyt Matveyevich was nicknamed Matsist in the institution for his great height, and especially for his mustache, although the real Maciste had no mustache at all."
Giovanni Pastrone placed glass over painted floors to simulate polished marble.
To make Enrico Gemelli appear natural with a false beard, Giovanni Pastrone ordered him to grow his own.
According to Jerzy Tęplica, the screenplay was written by Giovanni Pastrone, who signed it under the pseudonym Piero Fosco. Gabriele D'Annunzio merely allowed his name to appear in the credits.
Preparing for filming, Giovanni Pastrone patented a trolley, the "travelling" (Italian: carello), in Italy on August 5, 1912. Simultaneously with the use of the trolley, Giovanni Pastrone first introduced several technical techniques: straight or zigzag movement, movement parallel to the scenery, and approaching and receding the camera.
The film, and especially one of its characters—the giant Machiste (in the old Russian pronunciation, Matsist) played by Bartolomeo Pagano—was so popular that it is mentioned in Ilf and Petrov’s novel "The Twelve Chairs": "Ippolit Matveyevich was nicknamed Matsist in the office for his height, and especially for his mustache, although the real Matsist had no mustache at all."
According to Jerzy Těplice, the screenplay was written by Giovanni Pastrone, signing it under the pseudonym Piero Fosco. Gabriele D'Annunzio merely placed his name in the credits.

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