Fabiola
About Fabiola
In Rome in 302, the Christian slave Miriam serves the pagan patrician Fabiola (Elena Sangro). Corvino courts Fabiola. Fulvio (Amleto Novelli), Miriam's brother, presses Fabiola's Christian cousin Agnes. Under Maximian's persecution, Agnes and other Christians, among them the soldier Sebastian, are killed. Fabiola converts.
Cast & crew
More about Fabiola
Enrico Guazzoni directed. Fausto Salvatori wrote the script. The film adapts Cardinal Nicholas Patrick Wiseman's 1854 novel Fabiola. Palatino Film produced it. Alfredo Lenci was the cinematographer. A sound remake appeared in 1949.
Themes
Background
A 1918 Italian historical film of Wiseman's novel, from the years when long Roman pictures were an Italian export.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The English Wikipedia and the Italian page give about 85 minutes. The Italian page ties that figure to a length of 2,258 meters. Wikidata lists 110 minutes.
- Augusto Mastripietri plays Eurota. Livio Pavanelli plays Sebastian.
- Giulia Cassini-Rizzotto plays Lucia.
Scenes
- After the killings, Fabiola converts.
Influenced by
- Nicholas Patrick Wiseman's novel Fabiola (1854)
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Fabiola (1918).webm)
