Vespro siciliano (1950)

Directed by

Giorgio Pàstina

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A historical drama set in 1282 Sicily. It shows events leading up to the War of the Sicilian Vespers, focusing on the uprising against foreign rule.

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What happens

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers (Italian: Vespro siciliano) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi. The film is set in 1282, showing the events leading up to the War of the Sicilian Vespers. It is based on the libretto of the Verdi opera I vespri siciliani, which was itself based on an earlier play written by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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