Maciste, the first one, the one who appeared in Pastrone’s film Cabiria (1916), comes out of the screen, summoned by film critic and historian Steve Della Casa. He wants to know who he is and what he did. Della Casa will help him find his other self, that Bartolomeo Pagano, a camallo (longshoreman) in the port of Genoa who saw his life transformed by his meeting with director Pastrone.

A production: La Sarraz Pictures
In collaboration with:Museo Nazionale del Cinema (Torino).
With the support of: MEDIA Creative Europe Slate Fund, MIC – Production Fund, Piemonte Doc Film Fund, Liguria Region – Production Fund

Director: Maurizio Sciarra
Story: Maurizio Sciarra
Screenplay: Maurizio Sciarra in collaboration with Steve Della Casa

Original language: Italian
Country of production: Italy