
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.
Cast

Luigi Lo Cascio
Domenico Lopresti

Valerio Binasco
Angelo Cammarota

Francesca Inaudi
Cristina di Belgiojoso

Andrea Bosca
Angelo Cammarota (giovane)

Edoardo Natoli
Domenico Lopresti (giovane)

Luigi Pisani
Salvatore Tambasco

Guido Caprino
Felice Orsini

Renato Carpentieri
Carlo Poerio

Michele Riondino
Saverio Tambasco

Peppino Mazzotta
Don Carmine Lopresti

Franco Ravera
Antonio Gomez

Stefano Cassetti
Carlo Rudio

Andrea Renzi
Sigismondo di Castromediano

Ivan Franěk
Simon Bernard

Roberto De Francesco
Ludovico

Toni Servillo
Giuseppe Mazzini

Luca Barbareschi
Antonio Gallenga

Fiona Shaw
Emilie Ashurst

Luca Zingaretti
Francesco Crispi

Anna Bonaiuto
Cristina di Belgiojoso (anziana)

Alfonso Santagata
Saverio 'O' trappetaro' Tabasco
Fulvia Carotenuto
Domenico's mother

Pino Calabrese
Marshall Del Carretto

Beppe Rosso
Customs officer

Ivan Alovisio
Young Antonio Gallenga ('Procida')

Paolo Mazzarelli
Committee member

Roberto Accornero
Luigi Melegari
Emiliano Masala
Soldier

Bruno Cariello
Don Carlo

Renato Marotta
Arduino

Enzo Salomone
Marquis Pica

Edoardo Winspeare
Nicola Nisco

Antonio Pennarella
Prison warden

Giovanni Capalbo
Chief of guards

Francesco Di Leva
Prison guard

Carlo Guitto
Prison guard

Giovanni Ludeno
Gaetano Errichello
Antonello Cossia
Giovanni Caruso

Totò Onnis
Francesco Romano

Salvatore Cantalupo
Pasquale Vuoso
Luigi Biondi
Cesare Braico

Vito Facciolla
Zaccaria Gallo
Giancarlo Muselli
Luigi Sticco

Marco Mario De Notaris
Michele Pironti

Michelangelo Dalisi
Felice Barone

Claudio Spadaro
Bourbon agent

Nuccio Siano
Prisoner

Lola Peploe
Orsini's lover

Romuald Kłos
Stanisław Worcell
Vanessa-Faye Stanley
Rudio's wife

Beppe Chierici
Monsieur Hebert, a policeman
Francis Pardeilhan
Monsieur Delange, a judge
Claude Lebas
Priest in jail

Pierre Lucat
Reader of the verdict
Dante de Rose
Innkeeper

Giovanni Calcagno
Actor from the Vicaria

Vincenzo Pirrotta
Actor from the Vicaria

Salvatore Ragusa
Actor from the Vicaria
Gino De Luca
Garibaldino

Paolo Civati
Garibaldino
Rocco Capraro
Garibaldino
Massimo Zordan
Garibaldino
Filippo Plancher
Garibaldino officer

Jurij Ferrini
Piedmontese commander

Pietro Manigrasso
Prisoner (uncredited)

Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia
Aristocratico
Crew

Mario Martone
Director, Script, Co-Writer, Script Editor, Screenplay, Dialogue, Script Consultant

Giancarlo De Cataldo
Screenplay
Anna Banti
Book
Jacopo Quadri
Editor
Chiara Griziotti
Assistant Editor

Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Alessandro Pelliccia
Colorist
Valérie Tristan
First Assistant Director
David Maria Putorti
First Assistant Director
Alice Filippi
Second Assistant Director
Vincenzo Rosa
Second Assistant Director

Sara Casani
Second Assistant Director
Raffaele Di Florio
Assistant Director, Casting

Paola Rota
Assistant Director, Casting
Margherita Di Tullio
Production Coordinator
Patrizia Massa
Executive Producer
Giorgio Magliulo
Producer
Carlo Degli Esposti
Producer

Conchita Airoldi
Producer
Carlo Cresto-Dina
Associate Producer

Serge Lalou
Co-Producer

Paolo Del Brocco
Co-Producer
Luigi Pinto
Production Assistant
Daniele Manca
Production Assistant
Emita Frigato
Production Design
Renaud Personnaz
Camera Operator
Martino Pellion Di Persano
Assistant Camera
Danilo Grazzani
First Assistant Camera
Fabio Farinaro
Second Assistant Camera
Maura Morales Bergmann
Third Assistant Camera
Gianni Monciotti
Post Production Coordinator
Morgana Bianco
Extras Casting
Alberto Martin
Extras Casting
Nadia Salvatore
Set Costumer
Elisabetta Antico
Assistant Costume Designer
Claudette Lilly
Assistant Costume Designer
Ursula Patzak
Costume Design
Sara Giovene
Costume Assistant
Domenica Columpsi
Costume Assistant
Enrica Iacoboni
Wardrobe Assistant
Marco Perna
Hair Supervisor
Aldo Signoretti
Hair Designer

Luca Vannella
Hairstylist
Vittorio Sodano
Makeup Designer, Makeup Artist
Katia Sisto
Makeup Artist
Alessandro D'Anna
Makeup Artist
Federico Carretti
Makeup Artist
Rossella Gregorio
Makeup Artist
Diego Prestopino
Makeup Artist
Malgorzata Krystyna Kloda
Makeup Artist
Arianna Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Tullio Arcangeli
Sound Effects Editor
Brando Mosca
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Daniele Scaringella
Sound Assistant
Maricetta Lombardo
Sound
Gaetano Carito
Sound
Silvia Moraes
Sound
Alessandro Molaioli
Boom Operator
Luca Novelli
Boom Operator
Alessandro Arcangeli
Foley Artist
Roberto Abbado
Music Director
Hubert Westkemper
Music
Gabriele Gentili
Payroll Accountant
Alessandro Feletti
Dialogue Editor

Paolo Antonini
Stunts

Marco Pancrazi
Stunts
Tatiana Romanova
Stunts
Alessandro Novelli
Stunts
Massimo Racca
Stunts
Gabriele Ragusa
Stunts
Mauro Caterini
Stunts

Bruno Verdirosi
Stunts
Riccardo Mioni
Stunts

Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunt Coordinator
Fiorella Giovanelli
Continuity
Roberto Caroselli
Recording Supervision
Riccardo Mellana
Grip
Alessio Federico Fugolo
Grip
Erik Paoletti
Production Manager
Elena Pascaniuc
Seamstress
Sandro De Frino
Digital Imaging Technician

Ippolita Di Majo
Researcher
Stefano Meloni
Focus Puller
Fabio Lombardelli
Assistant Production Manager
Andrea Alunni
Unit Manager
Marzia Milanesi
Publicist

Natalie Cristiani
First Assistant Editor
Deborah Cesana
Production Secretary
Pascal Vicedomini
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