Augustine of Hippo

A biography of St. Augustine as he enters the episcopacy and deals with heresy and the decline of the Western Roman Empire.

Cast

Dary Berkani

as Agostino

Virgilio Gazzolo

as Alipio

Cesare Barbetti

as Volusiano

Bruno Cattaneo

as Massimo

Leonardo Fioravanti

as Milesio

Dannunzio Papini

as Giudice romano

Giuseppe Mannajuolo

as Severo

Livio Galassi

as Possidio

Fabio Garriba

as Marcellino

Giuseppe Alotta

as Siriano

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