1860
1860 ★★ 1933
During the Battle of Calatafimi in May of 1860, Sicilian peasants revolted against the King of Naples' army. The story focuses on four people caught up in the fighting: the spouse of a revolutionary, a foppish intellectual, a rebel priest, and the young shepherd who is sent with a message to Genoa asking for assistance. Blasetti made great use of location filming and natural light. In Italian with English subtitles. 72m/C VHS . IT Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia, Gianfranco Giachetti, Mario Ferrari; D: Alessandro Blasetti; W: Alessandro Blasetti, Emilio Cecchi; C: Anchise Brizzi; M: Nino Medin.
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