But danger lurks, and hatred between rome and carthage can only lead to war. The film is set in ancient sicily, carthage, and cirta during the period of the second punic war 218202 bc. The film was attributed to dannunzio, and the name of the director, for promotional purposes, remained unknown for many years. Full of impressive sets and amazing special effects, cabiria.
This movie is a mustsee if youre studying the history of epic films, early fulllength movie. For the subtitles alone he hired the leading italian writer, gabriele dannunzio. Highlights many of which were filmed on tinted stock include the burning of the roman. Silent no soundtrack from the wikipedia entry for cabiria. Released 1914, cabiria stars lidia quaranta, umberto mozzato, bartolomeo pagano, luigi chellini the movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 3 min, and received a. The wonderful piano score is adapted from the 1914 original, and is performed by jacques gauthier. Cabiria download ita, film cabiria in italiano cabiria 1914 streaming ita admin 20170520t17. The plot hinges on the abduction of wealthy and virginal cabiria lidia quaranta by pirates during the romancarthaginian war of ancient times. The film is set in ancient sicily, carthage, and cirta during the period of. Cabiria is the story of a young roman girl of noble stock who is kidnapped and taken to carthage where she evades sacrifice to the local gods and grows to young womanhood as a slave. The movie is set in ancient sicily and carthage during the period of the second punic war 218202 bc. Ten years went away with punic wars before he is able to come back 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. Cabiria is a roman child when her home is destroyed by a volcano.
Giovanni pastrones 1914 film is one of several early italian epics that significantly. Cabiria is a 1914 silent movie from the early years of italys movie industry, directed by giovanni pastrone 18831959. Rent cabiria 1914 starring carolina catena and lidia quaranta on dvd and bluray. Giovanni pastrones 1914 film is one of several early italian epics that significantly influenced the form and flow of the feature film, then in its developmental infancy. Giovanni pastrones 1914 film is one of several early. Sold in carthage to be sacrificed in a temple, is saved by fulvio, a roman spy. It follows a melodramatic main plot about an abducted little girl, cabiria, and features an eruption of mt. Maciste is captured just after having confided cabiria to sophinisbes safe keeping, while fulvio axilla manages to escape from carthage.
The most influential and successful of these was cabiria, the visually spectacular film which set the standard for bigbudget featurelength movies around the world. Cabiria 1914 adventure, drama, history movie film dvd. Jeffrey selznick school of film preservation at george eastman house, we will proudly present a brandnew 35mm restoration and preservation of the movie that started it all, cabiria giovanni pastrone, italy 1914, 162 min. Young cabiria is kidnapped by some pirates during one eruption of the etna. The movie is set in ancient sicily and carthage during the period of. Cabiria 1914 film complet en francais film complet francais. The image measures 320 425 pixels and is 38 kilobytes large. She is sold as a slave in carthage, and as she is just going to be sacrificed to god moloch, cabiria is rescued by both fulvio axilla, a roman noble, and his giant slave maciste. And note that pastrones camera movements are not the inandout movements of griffiths intolerance, they are lateral movements that eschew.
The film is set in ancient sicily, carthage, and cirta during the period of the second punic war. By todays standards, but especially so considering the time in which it was made. Italia almirantemanzini, lidia quaranta, bartolomeo. Directed by giovanni pastrone inspired by grand opera and italys imperialist victory in the libyan war 191112, the italian movie industry produced dozens of historical epics in the period just before ww i. The film is set in ancient sicily, carthage, and cirta during the. On my last night at cannes 2006, i climbed to the fifth floor of the palais du cinema to see a 180minute silent epic made in 1914.
It is set in ancient rome during the punic wars of the third century b. The girls nurse finds two fellow romans and begs them to find and rescue cabiria before she is sacrificed in the fire. The most influential and successful of these was cabiria, the visually spectacular film which set the standard for bigbudget featurelength movies around the world and opened the way for d. Etna, heinous religious rituals incarthage, the alpine trek of. When this film was made in 1914 it was decades before the birth of modern bodybuilding. The film is set during one of the punic wars, when rome confronted rival carthage across the mediterranean in north africa. Cabiria is sold to the priests of carthage who intend to sacrifice her to the god molech. Cabiria 1914 le film complet en streaming film enquete.
Film distribution is the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience. Overview of cabiria, 1914, directed by giovanni pastrone, with letizia quaranta, umberto mozzato, bartolomeo pagano, at turner classic movies. Kinos edition of cabiria was transferred from a beautiful 35mm print, which is the most complete in existence. Both one of the most influential films ever made and one of the most rarely shown. Silent italian epic which introduced the prolific maciste character and was an inspiration to other great silent films like intolerance and. As mentioned in the title, i think that the movie isnt complete since its. Cabiria is a 1914 italian silent film, directed by giovanni pastrone 18831959 and shot in turin. Cabiria is an italian historical epic that ran a full 14 reels well over three hours at a time when most american films were still short subjects. When this film was made in 1914 it was decades before the birth of modern. Cabiria shows us most magnificently that movies from a century ago arent the primitive. Cabiria 1914 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.
This is normally the task of a professional film distributor, who would determine the marketing strategy for the film, the media by which a film is to be exhibited or made available for viewing, and who may set the release date and other matters. Scored for a large orchestra, including six first and six second violas, baritone, and a mixed chorus of more than five parts, the sinfonia del fuoco was performed once only on the evening of the films premiere, conducted by mazza, at the teatro vittorio emanuele in turin, on 18 april 1914. Giovanni pastrones 1914 monumental italian production of cabiria 1914 was a hugely influential film. Cabiria is a 1914 italian epic silent film, directed by giovanni pastrone and shot in turin. C at the beginning of the movie cabiria is the 8yearold daughter of batto, a wealthy italian patrician with an estate in sicily. We also offer a range of movie collections at value prices in the special offers section of our shop, feel free to browse. Cabiria is a massive film and a massive production. Cabiria 1914 film complet en francais a 20170814t00. The first camera movement in cabiria, only minutes into the film, can have an electric effect on even todays viewers, and certainly must have been shocking, even unsettling, to audiences of 1914. C a jovem cabiria e raptada por piratas e vendida como escrava em cartago. Ten years went away with punic wars before he is able to. Cabiria was enormously successful throughout the world and was a. The story concerns a girl cabiria who is separated from her parents during the punic wars in the third century b.
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