Scipio the African

{{Short description|1971 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Scipio the African
(Scipione detto anche l'Africano)

| image = Scipione-detto-anche-l-africano-locandina-low.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Luigi Magni

| producer = Ultra Film, Cinerama

| writer = Luigi Magni

| starring = Marcello Mastroianni

| music = Severino Gazzelloni

| cinematography = Arturo Zavattini

| editing = Ruggero Mastroianni
Amedeo Salfa

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1971}}

| runtime = 114 minutes

| country = Italy

| language = Italian

}}

Scipio the African (Italian: Scipione detto anche l'Africano, {{lit|Scipio, also called the African}}) is a 1971 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Magni.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142445/Scipio-the-African/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021000931/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/142445/Scipio-the-African/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2012 |title=NY Times: Scipio the African |access-date=24 March 2009}}