Viva l'Italia!
1961 · 129 min · Drama, History, WarNR
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquers Sicily and Naples. When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Writers
- Antonio Petrucci, Carlo Alianello, Luigi Chiarini, Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Roberto Rossellini
- Released
- February 2, 1961
- Language
- Italian
Cast
Renzo Ricci
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Paolo Stoppa
Nino Bixio
Franco Interlenghi
Giuseppe Bandi
Giovanna Ralli
Rosa
Leonardo Botta
Menotti Garibaldi
Carlo Gazzabini
Giuseppe Sirtori
Marco Mariani
Major Sforza
Gérard Herter
French Journalist
Giovanni Petrucci
Fabrizio Plutino
Pietro Braccialini
Giuseppe Mazzini
Nando Angelini
Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
Vando Tress
Luigi Gusmaroli
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