In French-controlled Italy, in 1799 Russian General Souvorov invades Italy to kick the French out; he captures and then rapes the widow of the Marquis of O and she becomes pregnant
Napoleon I (1805-1814)
Story of young soldier of the Napoleonic army in 1815 in Napoli after the era of Gioacchino Murat, King of the Two Sicilies (1808 to 1815)
Napoleon I (1805-1814)
King Ferdinando I of Naples (reign 1816-1825) weds Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage
Wars of Italian Independence
1832, adventures of a young Italian nobleman in France raising money for the Italian revolution for independence against Austria during a time of cholera in southern France
Wars of Italian Independence
About Giuseppe Garibaldi of Italian unification fame (director is Rossellini)
Wars of Italian Independence
1849, Ciceruacchio declares Independent Republic of Rome, but French & Austrians try to block it by bringing back the Pope to Rome
Wars of Italian Independence
1860 overthrow of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies; the deposed king and queen adapt to their new lives
Victor Emmanuel II (1861-1878)
Venice, Italy 1866, obsessive love story set against Austrian military occupation and its overthrow
Victor Emmanuel II (1861-1878)
In 1867 the papal court fights to prevent Garibaldi's forces from taking power and bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom