p The film shows how Italy 三九 s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi embodied by Renzo Ricci leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 一八六0 and conquers Sicily and Naples When the Bourbon monarchy has left Southern Italy, he supports Victor Emmanuel II of Italy who achieves a lasting unification under the aegis the House of Savoy br Roberto Rossellini stated he was very more proud of this film than of any other film he ever made p