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

References

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Bibliography

  • Moliterno, Gino. Historical Dictionary of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2008.