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Fabiola (1918)

Fabiola poster
Directed by
Enrico Guazzoni
Genre
drama film, silent film, historical film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In ancient Rome, a young woman named Fabiola experiences the conflict between paganism and the early Christian faith. The story follows her personal journey and the broader tensions of the Roman Empire during that time.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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