Cardinal Messias () is a 1939 Italian historical film drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori and Mario Ferrari.[Moliterno p.313] The film was awarded the Mussolini Cup at the 1939 Venice film festival. It portrays the life of Guglielmo Massaia, a nineteenth-century Italian known for his missionary work in the Ethiopian Empire.
Cast
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Camillo Pilotto as il cardinale Guglielmo Massaia, detto Abuna Messias
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Enrico Glori as il re Menelik
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Mario Ferrari as Abuna Atanasio
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Amedeo Trilli as Ghebrà Selassié, il consigliere di Alem
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Berché Zaitù Taclè as la principessa Alem
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Ippolito Silvestri as il re Johannes
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Franz Sala as il marchese Antinori
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Roberto Pasetti as padre Leone
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Abd-el-Uad as il capo indigeno Abu Beker
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Oscar Andriani as padre Reginaldo Giuliani
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Corrado Racca as Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Bibliography
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Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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