Viva L'Italia

Roberto Rossellini’s grand, sweeping biographical portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi casts Renzo Ricci as 19th-century Italy’s preeminent soldier and statesman, and gives primary focus to his engineering of the 1860 “Expedition of the Thousand” campaign that culminated in the defeat of Sicily and Naples and unification under Victor Emmanuel II. Long-requested epic co-stars Paolo Stoppa, Franco Interlenghi, Giovanna Ralli, and Tina Louise. AKA: “Garibaldi.” 129 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Italian Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; 106 min. U.S. edit; featurettes. In Italian with English subtitles.