Viva l'Italia! (1961)

Viva l'Italia!

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Release Date

1961-02-02

Rating

Duration

138 min

Genres

Drama History

TMDB ID

200348

IMDB ID

tt0054447

Countries

France Italy

The film shows how Italys 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.

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