1860 (film)

1934 film by Alessandro Blasetti 1860 1860 (film).jpg Alessandro Blasetti Emilio Cecchi Emilio Cecchi Gino Mazzucchi Alessandro Blasetti Giuseppe Gulino Aida Bellia Gianfranco Giachetti Mario Ferrari Nino Medin Anchise Brizzi Giulio De Luca it Giulio De Luca Ignazio Ferronetti Giacinto Solito Alessandro Blasetti Società Italiana Cines Societa Anonima Stefano Pittaluga 1934 04 02 y 80 minutes Italy Italian 1860 is a 1934 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti, starring Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia and Gianfranco Giachetti. The film presages Italian neorealism in that it was shot mainly on location while some scenes were shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Also, most contemporaneous historical epics used a star to focus on grand historical characters.As stated by Richard Pena of the Film Society of Lincoln Center at the beginning of the screening November 2012 This film focuses on a character who nobody knows or will ever know, a patriot riding to get the assistance of Giuseppe Garibaldi. This film (in its heralding of neorealism) illustrates how the average man plays a part in grand histories. The film also uses non-actors (a key element of Italian neorealism), a rarity for its time and era. Plot 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. The film ends on the battlefield, making Italian unification a success, despite brutal losses. Cast The film includes many non-professional actors, Gianfranco Giachetti (brother of Fosco Giachetti), Maria Denis, and Mario Ferrari. It was the last film of Ugo Gracci. A list of the non-actors includes Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia and many others. Scholarly and other interpretation Gabriella Romani, in an Italica article from 2002 (part of the JSTOR arts and sciences complex), writes: Certainly the film drew upon the Soviet films of Sergei Eisenstein and the Macchiaioli painters, but just as important may be, the "Risorgimento female iconography was produced by nineteenth-century patriotic painters and writers."Gabriella Romani, Italica, Vol. 79, No. 3 (Autumn 2002), pp. 391-–404January 2025 Notes External links 1860 0023729 Category:1934 films Category:Films directed by Alessandro Blasetti Category:Italian war drama films Category:Italian historical drama films Category:1934 Italian-language films Category:Italian black-and-white films Category:1934 historical drama films Category:1930s war drama films Category:Films set in 1860 Category:Films set in Sicily Category:Films shot in Italy Category:Cines Studios films Category:Cultural depictions of Giuseppe Garibaldi Category:Expedition of the Thousand films