Viva l'Italia!

Overview

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.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini

Top 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

P

Pietro Braccialini

Giuseppe Mazzini

Nando Angelini

Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro

V

Vando Tress

Luigi Gusmaroli

Attilio Dottesio

Francesco Crispi

L

Luigi Borghese

Lieutenant De Laurentiis

Philippe Arthuys

Alexandre Dumas

Gino Buzzanca

Rosa's Father

Ignazio Balsamo

Colonel Pallavicino

Bruno Scipioni

Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti

Evar Maran

Francesco Montanari

Amedeo Girardi

General Landi

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