The Garibaldi Boy(1909)

Name: The Garibaldi Boy
Director: Filoteo Alberini
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1909-01-01
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Maria Caserini, Mario Caserini, Gemma De Ferrari

Maria Caserini Mario Caserini Gemma De Ferrari

The film, produced by Filoteo Alberini and released in 1909 is a short drama about a young boy who is killed during the Spedizione dei Mille, a military campaign led by revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1860 to defeat the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, an expedition aimed at unifying Italy. Both films were restored by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematograf ia–Cineteca nazionale as part of a joint project between them and the Grand Orient of Italy to mark the bicentennial celebrations of the birth of Guiseppe Garibaldi.