The Rape of the Sabines

Release Date: 1910-02-10

Overview: A early film adaptation of "The Rape of the Sabines" which is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally said to have taken place in 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families. The English word "rape" is a conventional translation of Latin raptio, which in this context means "abduction" rather than its prevalent modern meaning in English language of sexual violation.

Rating: 4 / 10

Cast

Ciro Galvani

as Romolo

Carlo Duse

as Acrone

Clotilde De Maria

as Ersilia

Anna Pasquinelli

as Tarpeia

Gastone Monaldi

as Tazio