Fabiola

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 of the same name 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.