Fabiola (1918 film)

Fabiola
Directed by	Enrico Guazzoni
Written by	Fausto Salvatori
Based on	Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman
Starring	Augusto Mastripietri Amleto Novelli Elena Sangro Livio Pavanelli
Music by	Alexander Henneman
Cinematography	Alfredo Lenci
Production company	Palatino Film
Release dates	March 25, 1918
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Silent Italian intertitles

Fabiola is a 1918 Italian silent historical film directed by Enrico Guazzoni 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 in the Roman Empire. 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 Fabiola in 1949.

Cast

• Augusto Mastripietri: Eurota
• Amleto Novelli: Fulvio
• Elena Sangro: Fabiola
• Livio Pavanelli: 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

• Fabiola at the Internet Movie Database