Cultural Depictions
The Resurgence is the subject of an opera, Risorgimento! (2010) by Italian composer Lorenzo Ferrero, written to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Italian unification.
The Leopard is a film from 1963, based on the novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, and directed by Luchino Visconti. It features Burt Lancaster as the eponymous character, the Prince of Salina. The film depicts his reaction to the Risorgimento, and his vain attempts to retain his social standing.
There are other movies set in this period:
- 1860 (1934), by Alessandro Blasetti
- Piccolo mondo antico (1941), by Mario Soldati
- Un garibaldino al convento (1942), by Vittorio De Sica
- Senso (1954), by Luchino Visconti
- Garibaldi (1961), by Roberto Rossellini
- 1870 (1971), by Alfredo Giannetti
- Li chiamarono... briganti! (1999), by Pasquale Squitieri
- Noi credevamo (2010), by Mario Martone
Read more about this topic: Italian Unification
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