Viva l'Italia!

The story

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 & crew

Renzo RicciGiuseppe Garibaldi

Paolo StoppaNino Bixio

Franco InterlenghiGiuseppe Bandi

Giovanna RalliRosa

Leonardo BottaMenotti Garibaldi

Carlo GazzabiniGiuseppe Sirtori

Marco MarianiMajor Sforza

Gérard HerterFrench Journalist

Giovanni PetrucciFabrizio Plutino

Pietro Braccialini

Pietro BraccialiniGiuseppe Mazzini

Nando AngeliniCaptain Pietro G.B. Spangaro

Vando Tress

Vando TressLuigi Gusmaroli