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Cabiria
Rome burns Carthage in a single lithographed breath, and the historical epic finds its scale.
What
The original Italian lithographed poster for Giovanni Pastrone's 1914 super-production, drawn by the Trieste-born affichiste Leopoldo Metlicovitz for Itala Film.
Why
Cabiria ran over two hours, invented the travelling 'carrello' shot that took its name from the film, and carried intertitles by Gabriele D'Annunzio. It taught Griffith and everyone after him that a motion picture could be monumental.
Notice
The way the figures are staged in receding planes rather than flattened to the sheet — Metlicovitz is selling depth, the thing the film's moving camera had just discovered.
“Antiquity rebuilt in Turin, printed on paper, pasted to a wall.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 11x17" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Cabiria (1914), dir. Giovanni Pastrone
- Country / studio
- Italy · Itala Film
- Designer
- Leopoldo Metlicovitz
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- Italian lithographed affissione, 1914
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
From The World Screen
The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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