Italy (1789-1878)

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

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)

King Ferdinando I of Naples (reign 1816-1825) weds Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage

Set in 1820s war of independence in southern Italy

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

About Giuseppe Garibaldi of Italian unification fame (director is Rossellini)

Italy's battle for unification in the 19th century

1849, Ciceruacchio declares Independent Republic of Rome, but French & Austrians try to block it by bringing back the Pope to Rome

Italian War of Independence

19th century Italian wars

Russian film about 1800s Italy

1860 overthrow of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies; the deposed king and queen adapt to their new lives

Venice, Italy 1866, obsessive love story set against Austrian military occupation and its overthrow

In 1867 the papal court fights to prevent Garibaldi's forces from taking power and bringing Rome into the Italian kingdom

1870 Italy