Viva l'Italia! (1961)
19612h 9mNRDramaHistoryWar
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- CCarlo GazzabiniGiuseppe Sirtori
Marco MarianiMajor Sforza
Gérard HerterFrench Journalist
Giovanni PetrucciFabrizio Plutino- PPietro BraccialiniGiuseppe Mazzini
Nando AngeliniCaptain Pietro G.B. Spangaro- VVando TressLuigi Gusmaroli
Attilio DottesioFrancesco Crispi- LLuigi BorgheseLieutenant De Laurentiis
Philippe ArthuysAlexandre Dumas
Gino BuzzancaRosa's Father
Ignazio BalsamoColonel Pallavicino
Bruno ScipioniLieutenant Adolfo Faconti
Crew
- Director
- Roberto Rossellini
- Writers
- Roberto RosselliniAntonio PetrucciSergio AmideiDiego FabbriAntonello TrombadoriCarlo Alianello
- Producers
- Angelo Rizzoli
- Music
- Renzo Rossellini
- Cinematography
- Luciano Trasatti
- Editing
- Roberto Cinquini
Details
- Released
- February 2, 1961
- Language
- Italian
- Studio
- Galatea Film, Francinex, Cinematografica RI.RE
- IMDb
- tt0054447