Monday 20 March 2017

The beginning of Italy

The Capture of Roma (1905)

Directed by Filoteo Alberini this film stars Ubaldo Maria Del colle and Carlo Rosaspina. We see historical scenes from the capture of Rome in 1870.

Billed as the first Italian film this is a nationalistic celebration of the completion of the unification of Italy. It is kind of hard to follow what is happening at times and the film is more a series of moments rather than having a clear plot. There are a couple of nice moments of action but this is very much a rudimentary effort.


2/5

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