Fear No Evil
Fear No Evil is a 1945 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Fosco Giachetti, Adriana Benetti and Liliana Laine. It is based on a book written by Diego Fabbri about the life of Benedict of Nursia.
Plot
Italy, February 1944. Some civilians are fleeing the bombing of Monte Cassino (depicted with actual footage from World War II newsreels). One of them, looking on helplessly as the abbey is being blown up, cries that God has forsaken mankind. Another refugee, who happens to be a friar from the abbey, retorts that it is not true and proceeds to narrate how, even at the time of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, in a wasteland similar to World War II, God produced a man like Benedict of Nursia whose sanctity helped restore the European civilization.
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author | Diego Fabbri Giuseppe Maria Scotese Mario Monicelli Victor Tourjansky |
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contentLocation | Italy |
director | Giuseppe Maria Scotese |
editor | Mario Serandei |
genre | drama |
keywords | abbey ancient rome battle of monte cassino benedict of nursia bomb fall of the western roman empire flashback flee gospel middle ages monte cassino newsreel nobleman restore the european civilization roman roman empire sanctity teach west western roman empire world war ii |
musicBy | Giovanni Fusco |
producer | Maleno Malenotti |
productionCompany | Arno Film |
publisher | Minerva Film |