Fabiola (1918 Film)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Fabiola'' is a 1918 Italian silent
historical film A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as ...
directed by
Enrico Guazzoni Enrico Guazzoni (18 December 1876 – 23 September 1949) Birth name Enrico Guazzone. Additionally, document states in lower right, "è morte in Roma in 23-9-49 / died in Rome 23 September 1949". was an Italian screenwriter and film director. G ...
and starring Augusto Mastripietri, Amleto Novelli and Elena Sangro. It is an adaptation of the 1854 novel '' Fabiola'' by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman about the rise of
Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...
in the
Roman Empire The Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Roman people, Romans conquered most of this during the Roman Republic, Republic, and it was ruled by emperors following Octavian's assumption of ...
. It was one of a series of historical epics for which the Italian film industry became famous during the era. The novel was later turned into a sound film of the same name in 1949.


Cast

* Augusto Mastripietri: Eurota * Amleto Novelli: Fulvio * Elena Sangro: Fabiola *
Livio Pavanelli Livio Cesare Pavanelli (7 September 1881 – 29 April 1958) was an Italian film actor. Pavanelli was born in Copparo, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy and died in Rome in 1958 at age 76. Selected filmography * ''Mariute'' (1918) *''Fabiola (1918 ...
: San Sebastiano * Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto: Lucia * Bruno Castellani: Quadrato * Valeria Sanfilippo: Santa Cecilia * Signora Poletti: Sant' Agnese * Signora Tirelli: Afra


References


Bibliography

*Sorlin, Pierre. ''Italian National Cinema 1896-1996''. Routledge, 1996.


External links

* 1918 films 1910s historical drama films Italian silent feature films 1910s Italian-language films Films directed by Enrico Guazzoni Films set in Rome Films set in the Roman Empire Films set in the 4th century Films based on British novels Religious epic films Italian black-and-white films 1918 drama films Articles containing video clips Silent Italian historical drama films Silent Italian adventure films {{1910s-Italy-film-stub