Gabriele d'Annunzio's rôle in the film's creation is highlighted in this movie poster.

This article is about Giovanni Pastrone's 1914 silent film, for the Federico Fellini film, see The Nights of Cabiria.

Cabiria is a classic silent movie from the early years of Italy's movie industry, directed by Giovanni Pastrone. It was released in 1914. Poster from Cabiria, the 1914 silent movie. ... Poster from Cabiria, the 1914 silent movie. ... DAnnunzio Gabriele DAnnunzio (12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist, daredevil and war hero, who went on to have a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement. ... 1942 US government war poster. ... Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (born in Montechiaro dAsti, 13 September 1883 - Torino 27 June 1959), was a Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. ... Federico Fellini (January 20, 1920 – October 31, 1993) was an Italian film-maker and director and one of the key film auteurs of the second half of the twentieth century. ... Le Notti di Cabiria or Nights of Cabiria is a 1957 film directed by Federico Fellini. ... Silent Movie is a 1976 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... Giovanni Pastrone, also known by his artistic name Piero Fosco (born in Montechiaro dAsti, 13 September 1883 - Torino 27 June 1959), was a Italian film pioneer, director, screenwriter, actor and technician. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...

The movie is based very loosely on Gustave Flaubert's exotic novel Salambo. Set in ancient Carthage during the period of the Second Punic War, it treats the conflict between Rome and Carthage through the eyes of Cabiria, the title character, who is kidnapped by pirates, sold as a slave in Carthage, and rescued from being sacrificed to the god Moloch by a Roman nobleman and his muscular slave Maciste. Hannibal and his elephants fit into the convoluted plot of this epic film. Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was a French novelist who is counted among the greatest Western novelists. ... DeFoes Robinson Crusoe, Newspaper edition published in 1719 A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... A map of the central Mediterranean Sea, showing the location of Carthage (near modern Tunis). ... The Second Punic War was fought between Carthage and Rome from 218 to 202 BC. It was the second of three major wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the Roman Republic, then still confined to the Italian Peninsula. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BCE mythical, 1st millennium BCE Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2005)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 3. ... A pirate digging…perhaps to bury treasure, perhaps a grave. ... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning to make sacred, from Old Marcus Aurelius and members of the Imperial family offer sacrifice in gratitude for success against Germanic tribes: contemporary bas-relief, Capitoline Museum, Rome French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; sacred + facere, to make) is commonly known as the... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being ascribed by monotheistic religions to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ... Moloch or Molech or Molekh representing Hebrew מלך mlk is either the name of a god or the name of a particular kind of sacrifice associated historically with Phoenician and related cultures in north Africa and the Levant. ... Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste Maciste, or Machiste (pronounced ma-CHEES-tay) is one of the oldest recurring characters in cinema. ... Hannibals feat in crossing the Alps with war elephants passed into European legend: a fresco detail, 1510, Capitoline Museums, Rome Hannibal (from Punic, literally Baal is merciful to me, 247 BC – 183 BC) was a politician, statesman and considered one of the greatest military commanders in history. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of animals, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea. ...

Italian author Gabriele d'Annunzio contributed to the screenplay and wrote all of the placards. The movie was quite inventive and innovating in its cinematography for the time, and was a major influence on Birth of a Nation by D. W. Griffith. The film also marked the debut of the Maciste character, who went on to have a long career in Italian sword and sandal films. DAnnunzio Gabriele DAnnunzio (12 March 1863 – 1 March 1938) was an Italian poet, writer, novelist, dramatist, daredevil and war hero, who went on to have a controversial role in politics as a precursor of the fascist movement. ... Cinematography literally means writing in the movement, and is the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for the cinema. ... The Birth of a Nation is a controversial silent film directed by D.W. Griffith, based on the play The Clansmen and the book The Leopards Spots, both by Thomas Dixon. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... D. W. Griffith set out to depict the splendor of ancient Babylon in Intolerance. ...