In the Name of the Sovereign People
In the Name of the Sovereign People | |
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Directed by | Luigi Magni |
Produced by | Titanus |
Written by | Luigi Magni |
Starring | Nino Manfredi, Jacques Perrin, Alberto Sordi, Elena Sofia Ricci, Luca Barbareschi |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Cinematography | Giuseppe Lanci |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Release dates | 1990 |
Running time | 110 min |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian, Roman dialect |
In the Name of the Sovereign People (Italian: In nome del popolo sovrano) is a 1990 Italian historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni.[1][2] It won the David di Donatello for best costumes.[3]
Plot summary
The film is set in Rome in 1848 - 1849. Violent revolutionary uprisings by young liberals create havoc in the city, while the Church and the nobles do not care and think only of saving their property. The King of Italy for convenience supports the policy of the French emperor, intending himself to fight against Austria to regain the old domains to Italy many years ago. The First Italian War of Independence is lost and Roman patriots Angelo Brunetti and Giovanni Livraghi are shot with the condemnation of enemies of the Italian nobility and the king.
Cast
- Luca Barbareschi as Giovanni Livraghi
- Elena Sofia Ricci as Cristina Arquati
- Alberto Sordi as Marquis Arquati
- Nino Manfredi as Angelo Brunetti, aka Ciceruacchio
- Jacques Perrin as Ugo Bassi
- Massimo Wertmuller as Eufemio Arquati
- Carlo Croccolo as Carlo Luciano Bonaparte
- Serena Grandi as Rosetta
- Elena Berera as Giacinta Arquati
- Gianni Bonagura as Pio IX
- Luigi De Filippo as Monsignor Bedini
- Roberto Herlitzka as Giuseppe Gioachino Belli
- Gianni Garko as General Nicolas Charles Victor Oudinot
- Costantino Meloni as Lorenzo Brunetti
- Camillo Milli as The Venetian Priest
- Lorenzo Flaherty as The French Official
References
- ↑ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
- ↑ Franco Montini, Piero Spila, Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto. Rai Eri, 2000. ISBN 8839711341.
- ↑ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.