Viva l'Italia! (1961)
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.
- Date of release
- 1961-02-02
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Basilicata
Garibaldi, the English title of the film originally released as Viva l'Italia!, is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini.
Background
Roberto Rossellini stated he was more proud of this film than of any other film he ever made.
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