Risorgimento
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1. Senso (1954)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Romance, War
An Italian Countess is allied with Nationalists during the Italian-Austrian war of unification. However, she risks betraying their cause when she falls in love with an Austrian lieutenant.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti, Heinz Moog
Votes: 7,525 | Gross: $0.03M
2. Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999)
129 min | Drama
The story of a group of brigands who fought against Victor Emmanuel II during Italian unification.
Director: Pasquale Squitieri | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Roberta Armani, Branko Tesanovic, Giorgio Albertazzi
Votes: 129
3. Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato (1972)
109 min | Drama, History
The revolt of the people of a Sicilian village further to the Expedition of the Thousand which, in 1860, enables Garibaldi to liberate Sicily.
Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Ivo Garrani, Mariano Rigillo, Ilija Dzuvalekovski, Rudolf Kukic
Votes: 79
4. Garibaldi (1961)
Not Rated | 129 min | Drama, History
How Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 and conquered Sicily and Naples.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Renzo Ricci, Paolo Stoppa, Franco Interlenghi, Giovanna Ralli
Votes: 454
5. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,841
6. Anita e Garibaldi (2013)
98 min | Biography, History, Romance
Far from the heroic cliches and with an accurate historical reconstruction, the film tells about young Giuseppe Garibaldi's life in Brazil. His encounter with Anita, human and military ... See full summary »
Director: Alberto Rondalli | Stars: Ana Paula Arósio, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Antonio Buíl, Paulo Betti
Votes: 781
7. Anita Garibaldi (2012 TV Movie)
198 min | Biography, Drama, History
Director: Claudio Bonivento | Stars: Valeria Solarino, Giorgio Pasotti, Tosca D'Aquino, Fabio Galli
Votes: 20
8. Anita Garibaldi (1910)
11 min | Short, History
Anita and Giuseppe Garibaldi meet in south America and head to Italy to fight in the wars of Risorgimento.
Director: Mario Caserini | Star: Maria Caserini
Votes: 62
9. Anita Garibaldi (1952)
99 min | Drama, History
The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination. Although the defence of Rome has become impossible, Garibaldi declares his intent to continue the ... See full summary »
Directors: Goffredo Alessandrini, Francesco Rosi | Stars: Anna Magnani, Raf Vallone, Alain Cuny, Jacques Sernas
Votes: 94
10. Verdi (1982– )
Not Rated | 70 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This 1982 biographical television miniseries... See full summary »
Stars: Ronald Pickup, Carla Fracci, Giampiero Albertini, Omero Antonutti
Votes: 312
11. We Believed (2010)
205 min | History
The stories of three young men who, in the wake of the ferocious repression by the Bourbon reign in 1828, decide to join Giuseppe Mazzini's Young Italy movement.
Director: Mario Martone | Stars: Raffaele Di Florio, Francesca Inaudi, Andrea Bosca, Edoardo Natoli
Votes: 631
12. Giuseppe Mazzini (1972 TV Movie)
Biography, Drama, History
Director: Pino Passalacqua | Stars: Antonio Battistella, Mariano Rigillo
13. L'eredità della Priora (1980– )
Drama
Stars: Gino La Monica, Giancarlo Prete, Evelina Nazzari, Antonella Munari
14. Garibaldi the General (1987)
100 min | Drama
Stars: Franco Nero, Kim Rossi Stuart, Gila von Weitershausen, Sebastiano Nardone
Votes: 37
15. Il generale dei briganti (2012 TV Movie)
Drama, History
Directors: Paolo Poeti, Fabio Verzillo | Stars: Daniele Liotti, Raffaella Rea, Danilo Brugia, Fabio Troiano
Votes: 24
16. Allonsanfan (1974)
115 min | Drama, History
A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer, Laura Betti
Votes: 1,266
17. In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
105 min | Drama, History
In 1867, with Garibaldi's forces close to bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom, Monsignor Colombo da Priverno, a world-weary judge on the papal court, wants to resign, disgusted by the ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Nino Manfredi, Danilo Mattei, Carmen Scarpitta, Giovannella Grifeo
Votes: 654
18. In nome del popolo sovrano (1990)
110 min | Drama, History
1849 - Ciceruacchio declares the Independent Republic of Rome, but the French and the Austrians try to bring back the Pope to Rome.
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Luca Barbareschi, Nino Manfredi, Jacques Perrin, Elena Sofia Ricci
Votes: 315
19. The Betrayer (1961)
127 min | Drama
Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot who is in Rome to assassinate a traitor to the brotherhood of the Free Masons.
Director: Roberto Rossellini | Stars: Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol, Isabelle Corey
Votes: 364
20. Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975)
85 min | Drama, History
Historical drama that deals with Carlo Pisacane's revolutionary campaign in southern Italy during the Risorgimento.
Director: Ennio Lorenzini | Stars: Giulio Brogi, Stefano Satta Flores, Alessandro Haber, Elio Marconato
Votes: 25
21. Eran trecento... (La spigolatrice di Sapri) (1952)
91 min | Drama, History
Director: Gian Paolo Callegari | Stars: Rossano Brazzi, Franca Marzi, Myriam Bru, Peter Trent
Votes: 10
22. A Garibaldian in the Convent (1942)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
An old woman's poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school: the happy moments, the sad ones and the tragic love for a Garibaldian.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Leonardo Cortese, María Mercader, Carla Del Poggio, Fausto Guerzoni
Votes: 379
23. La mossa del cavallo: c'era una volta Vigata (2018 TV Movie)
Thriller
In 1877, Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is sent back from Genoa to his native town Vigata, in Sicily, where he is tasked with the investigation of illegal activities... See full summary »
Director: Gianluca Maria Tavarelli | Stars: Goffredo Maria Bruno, Gualtiero Burzi, Cocò Gulotta, Ester Pantano
Votes: 93
24. Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora's troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope's soldier, the son ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Ugo Tognazzi, Giovanna Ralli, Ombretta Colli, Giovannella Grifeo
Votes: 82
25. 'O re (1989)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, History
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his ... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Magni | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti, Carlo Croccolo, Luc Merenda
Votes: 113
26. Gesuzza the Garibaldian Wife (1933)
75 min | Drama, History
The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to ... See full synopsis »
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia, Gianfranco Giachetti, Mario Ferrari
Votes: 255
27. Luisa Sanfelice (2004 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama, History, Romance
An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.
Directors: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Adriano Giannini, Cecilia Roth, Marie Bäumer
Votes: 106
28. Luisa Sanfelice (1963– )
Drama
Stars: Mila Vannucci, Antonella Della Porta, Giulio Bosetti, Lidia Alfonsi
Votes: 6
29. La banda Grossi (2018)
113 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
In central Italy, during 1860, a poor farmer by the name of Terenzio Grossi manages to form a gang composed of young rebels, his goal to try and revolt against the newly formed Piedmont ... See full summary »
Director: Claudio Ripalti | Stars: Simon Phillips, Ettore Nicoletti, Orfeo Orlando, Gianluca Vannucci
Votes: 257
30. The Stake and the Flame (1980)
118 min | War
A Romanian volunteer from Garibaldi's army plots a political assassination in order to start a war.
Director: Adrian Petringenaru | Stars: Ion Caramitru, Florin Piersic, Teofil Vâlcu, Ilarion Ciobanu
Votes: 38
31. I padri della patria (1991– )
180 min | Drama
Stars: Mattia Sbragia, Arnoldo Foà, Francesco Capitano, Antonio Marziantonio
32. Radetzkymarsch (1994– )
255 min | Drama, History
At the battle of Solferino Joseph von Trotta, a lieutenant in the Slovenian infantry, is wounded while saving the life of the young Austrian Emperor Franz-Joseph I. The Emperor rewards him ... See full summary »
Stars: Max von Sydow, Charlotte Rampling, Claude Rich, Tilman Günther
Votes: 217
33. Radetzkymarsch (1965 TV Movie)
230 min | Drama
Director: Michael Kehlmann | Stars: Leopold Rudolf, Helmuth Lohner, Hertha Martin, Manfred Inger
Votes: 88
34.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
De Garibaldi à Berlusconi, 150 ans d'histoire de l'Italie: 1ère partie
(2011)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Enrico Cerasuolo
35. Napoli 1860: La fine dei Borboni (1970 TV Movie)
Drama
Director: Alessandro Blasetti | Stars: Regina Bianchi, Bruno Cirino, Fulvio Gelato, Giancarlo Sbragia
36. Ovod (1980)
210 min | Action, Drama, War
Historical drama about Italian struggle for independence in 19th century, centers around young revolutionaries and the difficult choices they have to make. Very emotionally charged plot.
Stars: Andrey Kharitonov, Sergey Bondarchuk, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Konstantin Tsanev
Votes: 177
37. I Viceré (2007)
120 min | Drama, History
Story in set in Sicily, 1800. The Uzeda family fights to remain in control of its power against the new regime, both on political and personal side, leading to intricate love affairs, ... See full summary »
Director: Roberto Faenza | Stars: Alessandro Preziosi, Lando Buzzanca, Cristiana Capotondi, Guido Caprino
Votes: 392
38.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Victor-Emmanuel II: Le premier roi d'Italie
(2021)
105 min | Biography, History
Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy: The first king of Italy achieved the feat of unifying the entire Italian peninsula under one flag after centuries of division. Stéphane Bern ... See full summary »
Directors: Benjamin Lehrer, Vincent Mottez | Stars: Stéphane Bern, Hélie Chomiac, Mitsou Doudeau, Pascal Fonta
Votes: 7
39.
Secrets d'histoire (2007– )
Episode:
Marie-Caroline, l'indomptable Reine de Naples et de Sicile
(2012)
Biography, History
About Maria Carolina of Austria, who, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, through her marriage to Ferdinand IV of Naples was the ruler of Naples and Sicily.
Star: Stéphane Bern
40. Eravamo solo mille (2007 TV Movie)
200 min | Drama
Director: Stefano Reali | Stars: Daniele Pecci, Christiane Filangieri, David Coco, Gaetano Amato
Votes: 10
41. I briganti italiani (1961)
110 min | Drama, War
Based on the events from the Italian civil war. In 1860's, a member of a guerrilla force captures a colonel from the opposing army and later leads one of the sides to victory.
Director: Mario Camerini | Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ernest Borgnine, Rosanna Schiaffino, Katy Jurado
Votes: 72
42. Vita di Cavour (1967– )
75 min | Biography, History
Stars: Renzo Palmer, Renzo Giovampietro, Aldo Massasso, Mariolina Bovo
43. The Five Days (1973)
122 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Adriano Celentano, Enzo Cerusico, Marilù Tolo, Luisa De Santis
Votes: 719
44. Passion of Love (1981)
117 min | Drama, History, Romance
In the 1860s, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier, is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He ... See full summary »
Director: Ettore Scola | Stars: Valeria D'Obici, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Massimo Girotti
Votes: 1,020
45. Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara (2023)
134 min | Drama, History
A Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Paolo Pierobon, Fausto Russo Alesi, Barbara Ronchi, Enea Sala
Votes: 2,738
46. Brigands: The Quest for Gold (2024– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In mid-19th-century southern Italy, a woman forced to go on the run transforms from dutiful wife to the ruthless leader of a group of bandits.
Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Michela De Rossi, Marlon Joubert, Ivana Lotito
Votes: 333
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