10 Facts About Cabiria

1.

Cabiria is a 1914 Italian epic silent film, directed by Giovanni Pastrone and shot in Turin.

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2.

Croessa tries to prevent the sacrifice of Cabiria by pretending that the child is ill, but Croessa is whipped for her deception.

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3.

Fulvius, Maciste, and Cabiria are ambushed by the Priest's henchmen as they attempt to flee the city the next morning, but Fulvius escapes by leaping spectacularly from a high precipice and swimming away.

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4.

Maciste and Cabiria flee with henchmen hard on their heels to the cedar garden of Hasdrubal and encounter Massinissa and Sophonisba just as their secret tryst is commencing.

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5.

Fulvius soon joins the fray, but in the chaos of flight, they lose control of Cabiria and are forced to barricade themselves in a store room.

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6.

Cabiria, in turn, demurs and, just as elaborately, pledges himself to her.

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7.

Cabiria implores Scipio to spare Sophonisba the humiliation of being paraded in Rome.

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8.

Cabiria is retrieved from her prison cell and arrives in time to see the moribund Queen expire.

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9.

Griffith's Intolerance but he never uses 'Cabiria' shots; the famous crane shot moving down and into the festival in Babylon is a "panorama" effect.

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10.

In June 1914, Cabiria became the first motion picture to be screened at the White House, when a screening on the lawn was viewed by President Wilson and his family from the porch and lawn chairs.

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