Viva l'Italia! (1961)
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.
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
Nando Angelini
Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
Attilio Dottesio
Francesco Crispi
Philippe Arthuys
Alexandre Dumas
Gino Buzzanca
Rosa's Father
Ignazio Balsamo
Colonel Pallavicino
Bruno Scipioni
Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti
Evar Maran
Francesco Montanari
Amedeo Girardi
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