| Cavalcade of Heroes | |
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| Directed by | Mario Costa |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | Alberto Attili |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Rodolfo Lombardi |
| Edited by | Othello Colangeli |
| Music by | Alessandro Cicognini |
Production company | Vulcania Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italy |
Cavalcade of Heroes ( Italian: Cavalcata d'eroi) is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Cesare Danova, Carla Del Poggio and Vittorio Sanipoli. It depicts the events around the founding of the short-lived Roman Republic of 1849. [1]
Plot
Love story of a patriot and a girl with a noble lineage, already linked to a Frenchman, against the backdrop of the second assault of the French troops in Rome which took place between June 3 and July 2, 1849. With the French entry and victory, who install a provisional government, the two lovers will decide, once the differences of a social nature have been overcome, to follow Garibaldi's troops in Northern Italy. [2]
Partial cast
- Cesare Danova as Massimo Ruffo
- Carla Del Poggio as Giulia Fabbri
- Vittorio Sanipoli as Ottavio Monis
- Otello Toso as Angelo Masina
- Camillo Pilotto as Alessandro Fabbri
- Paola Borboni as La marchesa Ferrari
- Alfredo Varelli as Luciano Manara
- Carlo Tamberlani as Pisacane
- Ugo Sasso as Giuseppe Garibaldi
- Germana Paolieri as La duchessa
- Carlo Romano as Paolo Tassoni
- Marco Vicario as Mario
- Ave Ninchi as Aurelia
- Attilio Dottesio as Mazzini
- Mario Ferrari as Generale Odivot
- Dante Maggio as Ciccillo
- Arturo Dominici as Generale Gilletti
- Peppino Spadaro as Capitan Turi
- Achille Majeroni as Il vescovo
References
- ^ Moliterno p.273
- ^ "Cavalcata d'eroi". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-04-29.
Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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