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Cardinal Messias

Cardinal Messias
Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini
Produced by Alessandro F. Gagna
Written by Luigi Bernardi
Vittorio Cottafavi
Cesare Ludovici
Domenico Meccoli
Callisto V. Vanzin
Goffredo Alessandrini
Starring Camillo Pilotto
Enrico Glori
Mario Ferrari
Amedeo Trilli
Music by Mario Gaudiosi
Licinio Refice
Cinematography Renato Del Frate
Aldo Tonti
Edited by Giorgio Simonelli
Production
company
Romana Editrice Film
Distributed by Generalcine
Release date
31 August 1939
Running time
96 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Cardinal Messias (Italian:Abuna Messias) is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori and Mario Ferrari. 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.



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