Garibaldi (film)

Garibaldi -Viva l'Italia!-
film poster
Directed by	Roberto Rossellini
Produced by	Oscar Brazzi
Written by	Sergio Amidei Luigi Chiarini Roberto Rossellini
Starring	Renzo Ricci Paolo Stoppa Tina Louise
Music by	Renzo Rossellini
Cinematography	Luciano Trasatti
Edited by	Roberto Cinquini
Release dates	February 2, 1961 (1961-02-02) (Italy)
Running time	106 minutes 138 minutes (director's cut)
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian

Garibaldi, the English title of the film originally released as Viva l'Italia! is a 1961 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini.

Synopsis

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.

Background

Roberto Rossellini stated he was very more proud of this film than of any other film he ever made.^[1]

References

↑ "'Of all my films' Rossellini once said, 'I'm proudest of Viva L'Italia. I consider it important as a work of research, the most carefully done of all my films.'". Retrieved 2011-12-29.

External links

Garibaldi at the Internet Movie Database
Viva L'italia! at AllMovie

Films directed by Roberto Rossellini

La Vispa Teresa (1939)
The White Ship (1941)
A Pilot Returns (1942)
The Man with a Cross (1943)
Rome, Open City (1945)
Paisan (1946)
L'Amore (segment: "Il Miracolo") (1948)
Germany, Year Zero (1948)
Stromboli (1950)
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
The Seven Deadly Sins (segment: "Envie, L'Envy") (1952)
Machine to Kill Bad People (1952)
Europe '51 (1952)
We, the Women (segment: "Ingrid Bergman") (1953)
Where Is Freedom? (1954)
Journey to Italy (1954)
Fear (1954)
Giovanna d'Arco al rogo (1954)
India: Matri Bhumi (1959)
General Della Rovere (1959)
Escape by Night (1960)
Garibaldi (1961)
Vanina Vanini (1961)
Anima nera (1962)
Ro.Go.Pa.G. (segment: "Illibatezza") (1963)
The Carabineers (1963)
The Taking of Power by Louis XIV (1966)
Socrates (1971)
''L'età de Cosimo dei Medici (1973)
Anno uno (1974)

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