Viva l'Italia! 1961

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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.

Release Date 1961-02-02
Runtime 2h 18m
Directors Roberto Rossellini, Luciano Trasatti, Renzo Rossellini, Ruggero Deodato, Franco Rossellini
Producer Angelo Rizzoli
Writers Antonio Petrucci, Carlo Alianello, Luigi Chiarini, Sergio Amidei, Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Antonio Petrucci, Roberto Rossellini, Antonello Trombadori