The Rape of the Sabines

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.

Ciro Galvani

Romolo

Carlo Duse

Acrone

Clotilde De Maria

Ersilia

Anna Pasquinelli

Tarpeia

Gastone Monaldi

Tazio

• Ugo FalenaDirector

Release date

February 10, 1910

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

18m

Genres

Drama, History