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Garibaldi (1961)
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Original name: Viva l'Italia!
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The film shows how Italy's historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (embodied by Renzo Ricci) leads a military campaign known as Expedition of the Thousand in 1860 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. Roberto Rossellini has said he was prouder of this film than of any other film he ever made.
Style:
historical drama, epic, political, heroic, period drama, vintage, nostalgic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
biopic, revolution, leadership, patriotism, national hero, soldier, courage, rebellion, nationalism, honor, liberation, sacrifice, realism, invasion, nationalist, civil war, volunteer, war for independence, italian history, republican, unity
Time:
19th century, 1860s
Place:
sicily, naples italy, italy
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, epic, historical drama and tense films with plots about biopic, patriotism, sacrifice, leadership, nationalism, betrayal and tragedy mostly in Drama, History and War genres. Some movies like Garibaldi: The Leopard (1963), Scarborn (2023), 80 Hussars (1978), Farzand (2018), Subhedar (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, History
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Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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51%
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Country: Italy, France, Spain, Austria, West Germany
Duration: 198 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy, France
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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