Cavalcade of Heroes

Cavalcade of Heroes (Italian: 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.

Cavalcade of Heroes
Directed by	Mario Costa
Written by	Anton Giulio Majano Fulvio Palmieri Piero Ghione Lamberto Giovagnoli Mario Costa
Produced by	Alberto Attili
Starring	Cesare Danova Carla Del Poggio Vittorio Sanipoli Camillo Pilotto
Cinematography	Rodolfo Lombardi
Edited by	Othello Colangeli
Music by	Alessandro Cicognini
Production company	Vulcania Film
Release date	21 April 1950 (1950-04-21)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italy

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.

Partial cast

• Cesare Danova as Massimo Ruffo
• Carla Del Poggio as Giulia Fabbri
• Vittorio Sanipoli as Ottavio Monis
• Otello Toso as Angelo Masina
• Camillo Pilotto as Alessandro Fabbri
• Paola Borboni as La marchesa Ferrari
• Alfredo Varelli as Luciano Manara
• Carlo Tamberlani as Pisacane
• Ugo Sasso as Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Germana Paolieri as La duchessa
• Carlo Romano as Paolo Tassoni
• Marco Vicario as Mario
• Ave Ninchi as Aurelia
• Attilio Dottesio as Mazzini
• Mario Ferrari as Generale Odivot
• Dante Maggio as Ciccillo
• Arturo Dominici as Generale Gilletti
• Peppino Spadaro as Capitan Turi
• Achille Majeroni as Il vescovo

Bibliography

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

External links

• Cavalcade of Heroes at IMDb