{{Infobox film | name = Cardinal Messias | image = Cardinal Messias.jpg | caption = | director = Goffredo Alessandrini | producer = Alessandro F. Gagna | writer = {{ubl|Luigi Bernardi|Vittorio Cottafavi|Cesare Ludovici|Domenico Meccoli|Callisto V. Vanzin|Goffredo Alessandrini}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Camillo Pilotto|Enrico Glori|Mario Ferrari|Amedeo Trilli}} | music = {{ubli|Mario Gaudiosi|Licinio Refice }} | cinematography = {{ubli|Renato Del Frate|Aldo Tonti}} | editing = Giorgio Simonelli | studio = Romana Editrice Film | distributor = Generalcine | released = {{Film date|1939|08|31|df=yes}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian | budget = | gross = }} '''''Cardinal Messias''''' ({{langx|it|Abuna Messias}}) is a 1939 Italian historical drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori and Mario Ferrari.<ref>Moliterno p.313</ref> 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== * 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
== References == <references/>
== Bibliography == * Moliterno, Gino. ''The A to Z of Italian Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009. == External links == * {{IMDb title|0031017}}
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Category:1939 films Category:Italian historical drama films Category:1930s historical drama films Category:1939 Italian-language films Category:Films directed by Goffredo Alessandrini Category:Films set in the 19th century Category:Films set in Ethiopia Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:1939 drama films Category:1939 Italian films Category:Italian-language historical drama films
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