Il piccolo garibaldino (1909)
5m
Running Time
December 4, 1909Release Date
Il piccolo garibaldino (1909)
5m
Running Time
December 4, 1909Release Date
Plot.
The film, produced by Filoteo Alberini and released in 1909 is a short drama about a young boy who is killed during the Spedizione dei Mille, a military campaign led by revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to defeat the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, an expedition aimed at unifying Italy. Both films were restored by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematograf ia–Cineteca nazionale as part of a joint project between them and the Grand Orient of Italy to mark the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Guiseppe Garibaldi.
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The film is based on the true story of Giuseppe Marchetti and his father, who were part of the expedition of the Thousand. The same story inspired the homonymous novel by Giuliano Mas, which was published in 1910.