Augustine: The Decline of the Roman Empire
2010
200 minutes
Overview
Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father Augustine of Hippo. The piece tells the story of his life from a teenager to his death at the age of 69.Much of the content for the scenes of him as a young and middle-aged man come from his Confessions, which is probably the earliest extant autobiography.
Top Cast
Alessandro Preziosi
Augustinus (age 25)
Monica Guerritore
Monica
Franco Nero
Augustinus (age 76)
Aglaia Szyszkowitz
Paola
Katy Louise Saunders
Lucilla
Wenanty Nosul
Possidius
Alexander Held
Valerius (age 75)
Cosimo Fusco
Patricius
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Macrobius
Francesca Cavallin
Iustina
Götz Otto
Geiserich
Johannes Brandrup
Valerius (age 25)
Lech Mackiewicz
Ammonius
Sebastian Ströbel
Centurio Fabius Domicius
Serena Rossi
Khalida
Sonia Aquino
Blesilla
Vincenzo Alfieri
Fulvius
Dominic Atherton
Valentianus II
Alessandro Borghi
Camillus
Valerio Colangelo
Roman Officer
Diego Laurenti Sellers
Ennius
Adrian Moore
Fabius (age 8)
Jannis Niewöhner
Valerius (age 16)
Krzysztof Pieczyński
Ilarius Domicius
Matteo Urzia
Augustinus (age 15)
Jerzy Zelnik
Sidonius
Cesare Bocci
Romanianus
Andrea Giordana
Ambrosius
Sana Kassous
Larissa Volpentesta
Blesilla