The original hot mess who found God — and wrote the first memoir while doing it.
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.
Acting
Monica Guerritore's mother Monica — guilt-tripping saint energy.
Production
Surprisingly lavish Roman sets for a religious miniseries budget.
Director
Christian Duguay
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Franco Nero was 69 playing 69-year-old Augustine — method casting for mortality.
The Confessions invented autobiography as we know it; this miniseries treats it like a prestige TV source text.
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