Scipio the African

{{Short description|1971 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox film | name = Scipio the African<br>(Scipione detto anche l'Africano) | image = Scipione-detto-anche-l-africano-locandina-low.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Luigi Magni | producer = Ultra Film, Cinerama | writer = Luigi Magni | starring = Marcello Mastroianni | music = Severino Gazzelloni | cinematography = Arturo Zavattini | editing = Ruggero Mastroianni<br>Amedeo Salfa | distributor = | released = {{film date|df=yes|1971}} | runtime = 114 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian }}

'''''Scipio the African''''' (Italian: '''''Scipione detto anche l'Africano''''', {{lit|Scipio, also called the African}}) is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Magni.<ref name="NY Times.com">{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142445/Scipio-the-African/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021000931/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142445/Scipio-the-African/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Scipio the African |access-date=24 March 2009}}</ref>

==Plot== Years after the Second Punic War, Scipio Africanus finds himself generally unliked, despite his defeat of Hannibal, many years earlier. He and his brother, Scipio Asiaticus, are accused by Marcus Porcius Cato of the theft of 500 talents intended for Rome. As his friends and loved ones abandon him, Scipio finds life after war not as easy as he thought it would be.

==Cast== * Marcello Mastroianni as Scipio Africanus * Silvana Mangano as Aemilia * Vittorio Gassman as Cato the Elder * Ruggero Mastroianni as Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus * Turi Ferro as Giove Capitolino * Woody Strode as Masinissa * Fosco Giachetti as Aulio Gellio * Ben Ekland as Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus * Enzo Fiermonte as Senator Quinto * Philippe Hersent as Consul Marcello * Wendy D'Olive as Licia *Adolfo Lastretti as Carneade *Ezio Marano as Gaio Scribonio * Gianni Solaro as Senator

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0067719|title=Scipio the African}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scipio The African}} Category:1971 films Category:1970s historical comedy films Category:1971 Italian-language films Category:Italian historical comedy films Category:Films directed by Luigi Magni Category:Commedia all'italiana Category:Second Punic War films Category:Cultural depictions of Scipio Africanus Category:1971 Italian films Category:Italian-language historical comedy films