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Someone may be able to tell me more about this film. This is the first time I’ve seen it and don’t know anything about it other than what the narrator is saying

Someone may be able to tell me more about this film. This is the first time I’ve seen it and don’t know anything about it other than what the narrator is saying

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[–] • 3 pts

I found a post I made long time ago about this movie: https://poal.co/s/Strange/552095

It's called Cabiria (1914) and you can find a link to watch in that post.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

Oh, gotcha. I figured I would’ve heard about this before if it was real. Thanks

Edit: what about the Israeli flags though and the star of David? Is that from the actual world fair or is that also from the movie?

[–] • 1 pt

Not sure, first time I see it as well, but I wouldn't say it's from that movie.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

These people are twisted, lost.

A day is coming wherein they will be that which is put into the firey furnace. They will cry out, as the child; And as the child they sacrificed, none will save them.

God help us all.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabiria

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 (218–202 BC). It follows a melodramatic main plot about an abducted little girl, Cabiria, and features an eruption of Mount Etna, heinous religious rituals in Carthage, the alpine trek of Hannibal, Archimedes' defeat of the Roman fleet at the Siege of Syracuse and Scipio maneuvering in 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 attributed to D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille.[4] Among those was the extensive use of a moving camera, thus freeing the feature-length narrative film from "static gaze".

The historical background and characters in the story are taken from Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (written ca. 27–25 BC). In addition, the script of Cabiria was partially based on Gustave Flaubert's 1862 novel Salammbo and Emilio Salgari's 1908 novel Cartagine in fiamme (Carthage in Flames). It was the first film shown at the White House, having been viewed on the South Lawn, by the President, First Lady, Vice President, his wife, members of the Cabinet and their wives, due to the summer heat in June 1914.[5]