Schindler's List
1993 · Drama · History
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Film / 1961
Viva l'Italia!
Directed by
Roberto Rossellini
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 …
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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.
Cast
Renzo RicciGiuseppe Garibaldi
Paolo StoppaNino Bixio
Franco InterlenghiGiuseppe Bandi
Giovanna RalliRosa
Leonardo BottaMenotti Garibaldi
Carlo GazzabiniGiuseppe Sirtori
Marco MarianiMajor Sforza
Gérard HerterFrench Journalist
Giovanni PetrucciFabrizio Plutino
Pietro BraccialiniGiuseppe Mazzini
Nando AngeliniCaptain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
Vando TressLuigi Gusmaroli
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Attilio DottesioFrancesco Crispi
Luigi BorgheseLieutenant De Laurentiis
Philippe ArthuysAlexandre Dumas
Gino BuzzancaRosa's Father
Ignazio BalsamoColonel Pallavicino
Bruno ScipioniLieutenant Adolfo Faconti
Evar MaranFrancesco Montanari
Amedeo GirardiGeneral Landi
Armando GuarnieriCaptain-at-Arms
Giuseppe Lo PrestiLieutenant Modignani
Raimondo CroceKing Francesco II
Vittorio BottoneKing Vittorio Emanuele II
Renato MontalbanoCaptain Annibale Lapini
Sveva Caracciolo d'AcquaraQueen Maria Sofia
Tina LouiseFrench Journalist
Renato TuriNarrator (voice) (uncredited)
Nello AppodiaTelegraph Operator (uncredited)
Alberto Archetti(uncredited)
Angelo CasadeiBellintrino (uncredited)
Aristide CatoniReverend (uncredited)
Ugo D'AlessioSecretary (uncredited)
Remo De AngelisGiuseppe Missori (uncredited)
Sergio Fantoni(uncredited)
Franco LantieriGiuseppe La Farina (uncredited)
Cesare MartignoniPeasant Giving Food to Garibaldi (uncredited)
Terzo MonachesiGaribaldino (uncredited)
Antun Nalis(uncredited)
Nino Nini(uncredited)
Aldo VinciCaptain-at-Arms (uncredited)
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