---
title: 'Fabiola (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alessandro Blasetti'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 164
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fabiola-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041342/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fabiola (1949)

1949 · 164 min · Drama · France, Italy


## Synopsis

Fabiola is a 1949 Italian language motion picture historical drama directed by Alessandro Blasetti, very loosely based on the 1854 novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal and Michel Simon. It tells the story of the Roman Empire in which Christianity is growing around the 4th century AD. An unofficial remake, The Revolt of the Slaves, was released in 1960, with Lang Jeffries and Rhonda Fleming, only with Rhual's name changed to Vibio.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti)
- **Screenplay:** [Alessandro Blasetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/alessandro-blasetti), [Antonio Pietrangeli](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-pietrangeli), [Suso Cecchi d'Amico](https://cinepixo.com/people/suso-cecchi-d-amico), [Cesare Zavattini](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesare-zavattini), [Vitaliano Brancati](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitaliano-brancati), [Emilio Cecchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-cecchi), [Umberto Barbaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/umberto-barbaro), [Renato Castellani](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-castellani), [Diego Fabbri](https://cinepixo.com/people/diego-fabbri), [Lionello De Felice](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionello-de-felice), [Mario Chiari](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-chiari)

## Cast

- [Gino Saltamerenda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-saltamerenda)
- [Michèle Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michele-morgan) as Fabiola
- [Silvana Jachino](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvana-jachino) as Lucilla
- [Michel Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-simon) as Fabio
- [Elisa Cegani](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisa-cegani) as Sira
- [Guglielmo Barnabò](https://cinepixo.com/people/guglielmo-barnabo) as Antonio Leto
- [Amalia Pellegrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/amalia-pellegrini)
- [Massimo Girotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-girotti) as Saint Sebastian
- [Goliarda Sapienza](https://cinepixo.com/people/goliarda-sapienza) as Cecilia
- [Rina Morelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/rina-morelli) as Faustina
- [Paolo Stoppa](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-stoppa) as Manlio Valerio
- [Nino Javert](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-javert)
- [Paolo Ferrari](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-ferrari)
- [Gino Cervi](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-cervi) as Quadrato
- [Helena Makowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-makowska)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fabiola-1949
Film facts: Wikidata (Q692792); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.