Viva l'Italia!
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
Ignazio Balsamo
Colonel Pallavicino
Giovanni Petrucci
Fabrizio Plutino
Ugo D'Alessio
Secretary (uncredited)
Remo De Angelis
Giuseppe Missori (uncredited)
Attilio Dottesio
Francesco Crispi
Tina Louise
French Journalist
Terzo Monachesi
Garibaldino (uncredited)
Paolo Stoppa
Nino Bixio
Franco Interlenghi
Giuseppe Bandi
Giovanna Ralli
Rosa
Leonardo Botta
Menotti Garibaldi
Gino Buzzanca
Rosa's Father
Amedeo Girardi
General Landi
Angelo Casadei
Bellintrino (uncredited)
Marco Mariani
Major Sforza
Gérard Herter
French Journalist
Nando Angelini
Captain Pietro G.B. Spangaro
Giuseppe Lo Presti
Lieutenant Modignani
Antun Nalis
(uncredited)
Renato Montalbano
Captain Annibale Lapini
Aristide Catoni
Reverend (uncredited)
Sergio Fantoni
(uncredited)
Franco Lantieri
Giuseppe La Farina (uncredited)
Renzo Ricci
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Bruno Scipioni
Lieutenant Adolfo Faconti
Philippe Arthuys
Alexandre Dumas