1860
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 rescue part of his besieged land. Along the way, the peasant hero encounters many colorful Italians, differing in class and age, and holding political opinions of every type. There is a key train scene, and the film ends on the battlefield, Italian unification a success, despite brutal losses.
Giuseppe Gulinoas Carmelo TrauAida Belliaas Rosuzza TrauGianfranco Giachettias padre CostanzoMario Ferrarias colonnello CariniMaria Denisas CleliaUgo Graccias il mazzinianoVasco Cretias l'autonomistaTotò Majoranaas padre di RosuzzaTuri Pandolfinias un altro cittadino sicilianoCesare Zoppettias il giobertianoLaura Nuccias ragazza sicilianaOtello Tosoas soldato piemonteseAndrea Checchias un soldatoMemmo Carotenuto