Cavalcade of Heroes
{{Short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Cavalcade of Heroes
| image = Cavalcata-d-eroi-affiche_489410_34128.jpg
| caption =
| director = Mario Costa
| producer = Alberto Attili
| writer = {{ubl|Anton Giulio Majano|Fulvio Palmieri|Piero Ghione|Lamberto Giovagnoli|Mario Costa}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Cesare Danova|Carla Del Poggio|Vittorio Sanipoli|Camillo Pilotto}}
| music = Alessandro Cicognini
| cinematography = Rodolfo Lombardi
| editing = Othello Colangeli
| studio = Vulcania Film
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1950|04|21|df=yes}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italy
| budget =
}}
Cavalcade of Heroes ({{langx|it|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.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.{{Cite web |title=Cavalcata d'eroi |url=https://www.cinematografo.it/cinedatabase/film/cavalcata-d-eroi/3795/ |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Cinematografo |language=it}}
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
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Bibliography
- Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id = 0041234|title = Cavalcade of Heroes}}
Category:Italian historical drama films
Category:1950s historical drama films
Category:Italian black-and-white films
Category:1950s Italian-language films
Category:Cultural depictions of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Category:Films scored by Alessandro Cicognini
Category:Films directed by Mario Costa
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