“Now consummate the sacrifice in your throat of flame, o father and mother, o god and goddess, o father and mother, o father and son, o god and goddess! Voracious creator! Roaring ardent hunger…”
Cabiria (Giovanni Pastrone, 1914)
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The gigantic entrance to the Temple of Moloch in Carthage. Like the entrance to Luna Park Sydney, it's appearance is based on a hellmouth. DPs: Augusto Battagliotti, Eugenio Bava, Natale Chiusano, Segundo de Chomón, Carlo Franzeri & Giovanni Tomatis.
A temple*
The world's first epic film and the debut of – the later hugely popular – strongman Maciste.
* the Bales 2025 Film Challenge for December has a few dateless themes. This is one of them.