1860 (movie)
1860 - I mille di Garibaldi- User score: 6.4
- Production country: Italy
- Producer: Alessandro Blasetti
- Production companies: Cinès-Pittaluga, Società Italiana Cines
- Genre: Drama, History
- Release date: 2/21/1934
- Run time: 75 min.
Movie description
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.
