1860 (film)

1860
Directed byAlessandro Blasetti
Written byEmilio Cecchi
Gino Mazzucchi
Alessandro Blasetti
Produced byEmilio Cecchi
StarringGiuseppe Gulino
Aida Bellia
Gianfranco Giachetti
Mario Ferrari
CinematographyAnchise Brizzi
Giulio De Luca [it]
Edited byIgnazio Ferronetti
Giacinto Solito
Alessandro Blasetti
Music byNino Medin
Production
company
Distributed bySocieta Anonima Stefano Pittaluga
Release date
  • 2 April 1934 (1934-04-02)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

1860 is a 1934 Italian historical film directed by Alessandro Blasetti and starring Giuseppe Gulino, Aida Bellia and Gianfranco Giachetti.

The film presages Italian neorealism in that it was shot mainly on location. Some scenes were also shot at the Cines Studios in Rome. Also, most contemporaneous historical epics used a star to focus on grand historical characters.[1] This film focuses on a character whom 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) and a rarity for its time and era.

  1. ^ as stated by Richard Pena of the Film Society of Lincoln Center at the beginning of the screening [when?]