Restless Heart: The Confessions of Augustine (2010)

5.2/10 200 min Drama

Overview

Augustine is a two-part, Italian-made mini-series about the influential theologian and church father St. 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.

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

Alessandro Borghi

Camillus

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