Cardinal Messias

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.^[1] 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.

Cardinal Messias
Directed by	Goffredo Alessandrini
Written by	Luigi Bernardi Vittorio Cottafavi Cesare Ludovici Domenico Meccoli Callisto V. Vanzin Goffredo Alessandrini
Produced by	Alessandro F. Gagna
Starring	Camillo Pilotto Enrico Glori Mario Ferrari Amedeo Trilli
Cinematography	Renato Del Frate Aldo Tonti
Edited by	Giorgio Simonelli
Music by	Mario Gaudiosi Licinio Refice
Production company	Romana Editrice Film
Distributed by	Generalcine
Release date	31 August 1939 (1939-08-31)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Cast

• Camillo Pilotto as il cardinale Guglielmo Massaia, detto Abuna Messias
• Enrico Glori as il re Menelik
• Mario Ferrari as Abuna Atanasio
• Amedeo Trilli as Ghebrà Selassié, il consigliere di Alem
• Berché Zaitù Taclè as la principessa Alem
• Ippolito Silvestri as il re Johannes
• Francesco Sala as il marchese Antinori
• Roberto Pasetti as padre Leone
• Abd-el-Uad as il capo indigeno Abu Beker
• Oscar Andriani as padre Reginaldo Giuliani
• Corrado Racca as Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour