Maciste in the Lion's Cage

Maciste in the Lion's Cage
Directed by	Guido Brignone
Written by	Guido Brignone
Starring	Bartolomeo Pagano Elena Sangro Luigi Serventi
Cinematography	Anchise Brizzi Massimo Terzano
Production company	Cinès-Pittaluga
Release date	10 February 1926
Country	Italy
Languages	Silent Italian intertitles

Maciste in the Lion's Cage (Italian:Maciste nella gabbia dei leoni) is a 1926 Italian silent adventure film directed by Guido Brignone and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Elena Sangro and Luigi Serventi. It was part of the popular Maciste series of films. It was the penultimate film of the silent series, followed by The Giant of the Dolomites (1927)

Synopsis

Maciste is sent to Africa by a circus showman to capture some lions.

Cast

• Bartolomeo Pagano as Maciste
• Elena Sangro as Sarah, la cavallerizza
• Luigi Serventi as Strasser
• Mimi Dovia as Seida
• Umberto Guarracino as Sullivan
• Oreste Grandi as Karl Pommer
• Alberto Collo as Giorgio Pommer
• Giuseppe Brignone as Bob, il vecchio clown
• Andrea Habay
• Vittorio Bianchi
• Augusto Bandini
• Franz Sala

Bibliography

• Brunetta, Gian Piero. The History of Italian Cinema: A Guide to Italian Film from Its Origins to the Twenty-first Century. Princeton University Press, 2009.
• Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
• Ricci, Steven. Cinema and Fascism: Italian Film and Society, 1922–1943. University of California Press, 2008.

External links

• Maciste in the Lion's Cage at IMDb