| Fear No Evil | |
| Director: | Giuseppe Maria Scotese |
| Producer: | Maleno Malenotti |
| Screenplay: | Giuseppe Maria Scotese Diego Fabbri Mario Monicelli Giorgio Lastricati |
| Starring: | Fosco Giachetti Adriana Benetti Nino Pavese |
| Music: | Giovanni Fusco |
| Cinematography: | Carlo Montuori |
| Editing: | Mario Serandei |
| Studio: | Arno Film |
| Runtime: | 84 minutes |
| Country: | Italy |
| Language: | Italian |
| Gross: | 48,000,000 Lire at 31 December 1952 |
Fear No Evil (Italian: Il sole di Montecassino) 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.
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.
At this point the movie flashbacks to 500 AD. Benedict, a Roman nobleman, leaves his privileged patrician heritage and withdraws in a cave, willing to live according to the Gospels. Little by little he assembles a community of fellow monks, and he dedicates his entire life to teaching the Christian disciplines, becoming a Saint in the process and performing several miracles for the glory of God.