Viva l'Italia!

Name: Viva l'Italia!
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1961-02-02
Duration: 129 min

2h 9m·Drama, History, War

Directed by Roberto Rossellini·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.

DirectorRoberto RosselliniCinematographyLuciano TrasattiScreenplayDiego FabbriStudioGalatea Film

Overview Discussion

Actor	Role
Renzo RicciGiuseppe Garibaldi	Giuseppe Garibaldi
Paolo StoppaNino Bixio	Nino Bixio
Franco InterlenghiGiuseppe Bandi	Giuseppe Bandi
Giovanna RalliRosa	Rosa
Leonardo BottaMenotti Garibaldi	Menotti Garibaldi
Carlo GazzabiniGiuseppe Sirtori	Giuseppe Sirtori
Marco MarianiMajor Sforza	Major Sforza
Gérard HerterFrench Journalist	French Journalist
Giovanni PetrucciFabrizio Plutino	Fabrizio Plutino
PPietro BraccialiniGiuseppe Mazzini	Giuseppe Mazzini
Nando AngeliniCaptain Pietro G.B. Spangaro	Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
VVando TressLuigi Gusmaroli	Luigi Gusmaroli
Attilio DottesioFrancesco Crispi	Francesco Crispi
LLuigi BorgheseLieutenant De Laurentiis	Lieutenant De Laurentiis
Philippe ArthuysAlexandre Dumas	Alexandre Dumas
Gino BuzzancaRosa's Father	Rosa's Father
Ignazio BalsamoColonel Pallavicino	Colonel Pallavicino
Bruno ScipioniLieutenant Adolfo Faconti	Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti
Evar MaranFrancesco Montanari	Francesco Montanari
Amedeo GirardiGeneral Landi	General Landi
AArmando GuarnieriCaptain-at-Arms	Captain-at-Arms
Giuseppe Lo PrestiLieutenant Modignani	Lieutenant Modignani
RRaimondo CroceKing Francesco II	King Francesco II
VVittorio BottoneKing Vittorio Emanuele II	King Vittorio Emanuele II
Renato MontalbanoCaptain Annibale Lapini	Captain Annibale Lapini
SSveva Caracciolo d'AcquaraQueen Maria Sofia	Queen Maria Sofia
Tina LouiseFrench Journalist	French Journalist
RRenato TuriNarrator (voice) (uncredited)	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
NNello AppodiaTelegraph Operator (uncredited)	Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
AAlberto Archetti(uncredited)	(uncredited)