Cabiria
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Cabiria is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin. The film is set in ancient Sicily, Carthage, and Cirta during the period of the Second Punic War. It follow
1914 poster, designed by Leopoldo Metlicovitz
The Temple of Moloch episode, as seen on a poster
Moloch statue from Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914), National Museum of Cinema (Turin)
Cabiria poster portraying the human pyramid scene
Maciste
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Maciste is one of the oldest recurring characters of cinema, created by Gabriele d'Annunzio and Giovanni Pastrone. He is featured throughout the history of the cinema of Italy from the 1910s to the mi
Cabiria
…North Africa. Apart from being a classic on its own terms, the film is also notable for being the first film in which the long-running film character Maciste makes his debut. According to Martin Scorsese, in this work Pastrone invented the epic movie and deserves credit for many of the innovations often…
Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste
Original trade ad for the first of the Maciste silent film series
Bodybuilder Mark Forest played Maciste in the 1961 film Maciste, the Strongest Man in the World
Maciste alpino (1916) aka "Maciste The Warrior"