Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Cabiria firimu reItaly risingatauri ra1914, rakatungamirirwa naGiovanni Pastrone uye rakapfurwa muTurin. Iyi firimu yakaiswa muSicily yekare, Carthage, uye Cirta munguva yechipiri yePunic War (218<unk>202 BC). Inotevera nhau huru inonakidza pamusoro pomusikana muduku akabatwa, Cabiria, uye inoratidzira kuputika kweGomo reEtna, miitiro yorudzidziso inotyisa muCarthage,
rwendo rwomuAlps rwaHannibal, kukundwa kwezvikepe zveRoma naArchimedes paKukombwa kweSyracuse uye Scipio achifamba muNorth Africa. Kunze kwekuve yakasarudzika pachayo, iyo firimu inozivikanwawo nekuve iyo yekutanga firimu umo munhu wenguva refu firimu Maciste anoita rake rekutanga. Maererano naMartin Scorsese, mubasa iri Pastrone akagadzira bhaisikopo rine mukurumbira uye anofanirwa kupihwa mbiri yezvakawanda zvezvinhu zvitsva zvinowanzo kupihwa D.W. Griffith naCecil B. DeMille. Pakati pazvo paiva nokushandiswa zvikuru kwekamera inofamba, nokudaro kusunungura firimu renyaya refu pa"kutarira kwakamira".