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La presa di Roma (1905)

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Original title
La Presa di Roma
Directed by
Filoteo Alberini
Genre
silent film
Country
Kingdom of Italy
Runtime
6 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1905 silent short shows the capture of Rome in 1870. It depicts Italian soldiers breaking through the city wall at Porta Pia.

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What happens

La presa di Roma, also known as La breccia di Porta Pia or Bandiera bianca, and distributed in English-speaking countries under the title The Capture of Roma is a 1905 Italian short black-and-white silent film directed by Filoteo Alberini. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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