Da la presa di Roma a Il piccolo garibaldino
Subtitle: Risorgimento, massoneria e istituzioni : l'immagine della nazione nel cinema muto, 1905-1909 = From La presa di Roma to Il piccolo garibaldino : the Risorgimento, freemasonry and institutions : Italy in silent films (1905-1909)
By: a cura del/ edited by Mario Musumeci, Sergio Toffetti ; scritti di/ essays by Lucio Villari [and others]
Contributors: Alberini, Filoteo, 1865-1937; Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy); Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy). Cineteca nazionale; Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Grande Oriente d'Italia
Publisher: Gangemi
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Roma
Language: ita; eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9788849213201
Subjects: Motion pictures; History; Drama; Silent films; Italian Motion pictures; Foreign films
Other titles: From la presa di Roma to il piccolo garibaldino :; Presa di Roma.; Piccolo garibaldino.
Description: The accompanying DVD contains two films considered significant in constructing the relatinonship between the cinema and the Risorgimento. "La presa di Roma" (ca. 5 min.), directed by Filoteo Alberini and released in 1905 is considered the first Italian film shown in Italy. In black and white this silent film tells the story of the breach of the Porta Pia by Bersaglieri soldiers on Sept. 20, 1870 to complete the unification of Italy. "Il piccolo garibaldino" (ca. 12 min.) 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 theTwo Sicilies and unify Italy.  Both films were restored by the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografía--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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in Italian and English.