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.
- Released
- 1961-02-02
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Roberto Rossellini, Roberto Rossellini, Antonio Petrucci, Sergio Amidei
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 20 votes
Cast
- Renzo Ricci as Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Paolo Stoppa as Nino Bixio
- Franco Interlenghi as Giuseppe Bandi
- Giovanna Ralli as Rosa
- Leonardo Botta as Menotti Garibaldi
- Carlo Gazzabini as Giuseppe Sirtori
- Marco Mariani as Major Sforza
- Gérard Herter as French Journalist
- Giovanni Petrucci as Fabrizio Plutino
- Pietro Braccialini as Giuseppe Mazzini
- Nando Angelini as Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
- Vando Tress as Luigi Gusmaroli