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Cavalcade of Heroes
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Wikipedia article
'Cavalcade of Heroes' 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.Moliterno p.273
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.
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
Bibliography
* Moliterno, Gino. 'Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema'. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
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