Original subtitles

Tell Mazzini that Orsini no longer recognizes any master,

and will no longer let you judge his speeches in advance.

He won't be an instrument and speaker for other's ideas.

Mr. Bernard!

Good evening.

Let's sit here.

May I introduce another Italian exile, Angelo Cammarota.

He fought in Rome.

Wonderful! It was generous of you to bring champagne.

Thanks to you, my conferences are crowded.

You deserve it, you're the talk of the press.

Politicians, scholars, artists feel honored

to be presented to the mocker of Austria!

To Orsinit

To laly!

Linvited Francesca Crispi too,

I've heard he's very courageous.

Do you know him?

Not well, but I like him,

because he's Sicilian, determined and you see him around,

not like the prophet, who never shows his face.

They say Crispi is faithful to Mazzini,

but I think he's smart enough to understand

the cause needs new nourishment.

If the attacks on Napoleon Ill keep failing...

It's important for it to succeed?

Certainly.

Napoleon Ill is the enemy of Italian freedom

and supports governments that keep Italy a slave.

If he falls, all nations, starting with France,

will rise up to free enslaved peoples,

your own being the first.

The one who dares to do this

will be Europe's glorious liberator,

the initiator of a new era.

Why don't you French try?

It's our duty now to state the truth.

The truth?

- What truth? - The absolute truth.

On which the reasons for all our actions depend,

all our gestures, everything.

I never thought I'd hear religious talk here.

1 don't mean God.

It's not necessary,

if a people doesn't feel it holds the truth within itself,

it doesn't believe itself destined to act in the name of this truth,

it will never be a great people.

A great people will never accept a secondary role,

it must demand leadership.

That's what I mean, he truth, not God.

What do you think about this?

I'd like to act with other Italians,

be led by an Italian hero.

- When did you last see Italy'? - Almost 10 years ago.

I fought in Lombardy in 1848,

then I became an exile, working as a porter,

I've carried so many trunks!

Taking a few home with you too!

Yes, I spent six months in jail, but a man like you

can understand these weaknesses.

- Alcohol, and women... - I know how to fight!

The good of my country is in my heart, nothing else.

- A slice of apple? - Thank you.

I'm certain of your worth

and I'm grateful for your consideration,

but I now intend to follow a political strategy,

offering Cavour my services for the Piedmont cause.

His king, Vittorio Emanuele, may be worthy of trust.

Your choice is quite surprising.

Aren't you a republican?

My unalterable principles are republican,

but it's time to push Piedmont out of its indecision.

How will you contact Cavour?

I've already written to him.

The revolution of peoples is losing a saint.

Perhaps the greatest.

Perhaps the last.

Get out!

Cavour is right, you're a bunch of fanatics.

Dangerous, ferocious, fanatical murderers.

Dismal imbeciles.

- Mr. Gallenga. - Who are you?

I saw you at the Worcell's and followed you.

I've finally found you.

What do you want from me?

- Did Mazzini send you? - I don't want to talk about him.

Not directly at least.

May I come in?

My name's Angelo Cammarota, but that means nothing to you.

1 don't know why, in your book, you confessed

you wanted, as a youth, to attempt the life of King Carlo Alberto.

The love for truth, that's why.

See how I've been re-paid?

I had to leave Parliament

and Piedmont.

All this for having served the country,

I've scandalized.

Hypocrisy reigns supreme among us.

In those years it was known that among the ranks of Giovine Italia

some wanted to kill Carlo Alberto.

Now that I've written it, this old story

is a scandal, it's all the talk,

it's become a national case.

But I'm a journalist, a well-known writer.

Maybe you wrote it because you hate Mazzini

and wanted to strike him in some way.

Why do you say that?

I wrote him for years, loyally expressing my disagreement.

He never replied.

It's not bad to change your mind.

Those who believe in the unity of Italy

have stopped professing to be republicans and conspiring.

Don't worry,

I hate him too, that Mazzini.

He stabbed Italy in the heart.

He's a clown, a coward.

I remember him well.

A few days after the fall of the Roman Republic

he was in Geneva,

eating with gusto at the "Balance”.

You know how many men he had sacrifice their lives?

And what did he do?

The courage to take from its precious holster

that gun, the gift of some rich English woman,

is something he's never had.

You talk very well,

but a bit too much, Mr. Gallenga.

1 won't ask why you extinguished in your heart, that firm decision,

although it's a mystery to me and a deep pain.

Your conscience bears the failure of the insurrection in Savoy.

What are you saying?

You're crazy, it's something from 30 years ago.

- The insurrection... - Ended in a bloodbath.

But it's not what I want to discuss.

Tell me about the betrayal of Salvatore Tambasco.

Who's he?

Salvatore Tambasco. Don't pretend not to remember.

I don't know what betrayal you mean.

I's an old story, he died many years ago.

1 won't allow you to let another 30 years pass before revealing it.

I want you to say how Salvatore Tambasco betrayed

as we were preparing the insurrection in Savoy.

He was simply appointed to receive a dagger from Mazzini.

Simply appointed!

A simple farmer is brought before Mazzini

and you say he was simply appointed?

- You have to say what you know. - I don't know anything.

- You're crazy, possessed! - Talk!

Try Melegari, he may know something!

- Where is he? - In Parliament.

You're all in Parliament.

Piedmont is too far, I can't go.

Refresh your memory,

I'll be back.

"Considering Mazzini's ideas, it can be said that he wants..."

Here I'd suggest:

"In the midst of Mazzini's confused ideas,"

it can still be said he wants..."

Yes, we'll correct it like that.

I'll do it.

Sir,

what do you know about this Cammarcta?

Why? Are you suspicious of him?

He's never convinced me.

He was a Mazzini follower, with Giovine ltalia until the 1830s.

At a certain point he must have had problems,

because he ended up in the Foreign Legion,

making the rank of second lieutenant.

I always refused 10 join the Foreign Legion.

How can you swear allegiance to the French emperor?

It was before Louis Napoleon buried the Roman Republic,

when many Italians believed in aid from the French.

In Rome things became clear, he fought valiantly.

I trust him.

The Roman Republic...

that's where Italy was to be begin

and where it all ended.

What did Cavour reply?

I've received no reply.

- Have grave news about Pisacane. -What is it?

He landed at Sapri with 300 armed men

and tried to incite the farmers,

but they called the army and got them slaughtered.

They thought they were brigands,

escaped criminals, wanting to destroy villages and rape women.

Pisacane killed himself.

Angelo...

1 think your soul bears something terrible,

dirty, bloody

and at the same time, it makes you ridiculous.

You want to throw yourself into this crime as a way out.

1 don't understand from what.

Didn't you kill one of your uncle's servants?

Just a poor man, for futile reasons?

- I was a boy. - We all were.

But then we became murderers

and there's no paradise to gain.

Tomorrow, look for this Rudio.

Antonio!

Gomez!

A strange man approached me,

he asked for my address on Orsini's behalf, know anything?

Still nothing, but I know Orsini will be needing you.

Someone will come to you in the next few days,

don't talk to anyone about it. Bye!

Are you here on Orsini's behalf?

Yes.

He asked me to speak to you about an initiative

hat could take you abroad for awhile.

Your absence will permit your wife

to receive 12 shillings a week.

My name is Giuseppe Brusca,

born in Montichiari on March 2, 1814.

I'm a laborer,

I have a wife, Benedetta, and a son, Michele.

- Gomez? - My name's Nicola Frangipane.

Born in Savona on October 17, 1810, laborer,

a wife, Maria, and two children, Giuseppe and Immacolata.

Cammarota.

My name's Marco Del Priore,

born in Salerno on November 20, 1808,

I'm a plumber,

I have a wife, Carmela, and two children, Bruno and Michele.

Good.

Here are your passports.

Angelo, this is the mercury fulminate

to be poured in the bombs.

The cloth must stay damp, be very careful.

It's extremely dangerous.

Here's Orsini's address in Paris.

10 Rue du Mont Thabor.

You'll meet him there.

Learn it by heart and destroy the note.

Fine, go now.

- What are these? - They're nozzles.

- And this? - All things for gas.

- Are passports in order? - Yes.

You can go.

Next.

PARIS

Remove it.

That's enough!

- Enough! - Shut up!

Ready.

Close it.

Agreed?

We'll meet at the depot in Rue Rossini.

Wait here.

Wasn't that Crispi?

Certainly not!

Well, look, Angelo Cammarota!

Weren't you in London?

I'm just passing through.

When did you arrive?

A few days ago.

Why are you here?

To visit my family.

You have family in France?

How are they?

- Very well. - And you?

I'm fine, thank you.

What's this? Get over there!

Gendarmes, over here!

Hands up, or I'll shoot!

It's dangerous, handle it carefully.

Take his gun.

You have lots to tell me...

It was my day off,

I even had Opera tickets, shit!

Take him away.

Be careful with that.

Move along, there's nothing to see.

- Cammarota? - He's been arrested.

What?

They say an Italian was arrested, that's all I know, it must be him.

Go!

Your Majesty, please...

This way, Your Majesty.

Death to the assassins!

His Majesty, Napoleon Ill...

Long Live the Emperor!

So?

10 Rue du Mont Thabor.

Orsini, approach the bench.

Who threw the third bomb if it wasn't you?

I'd given it to a third Italian I met in Rue Lepelletier.

You didn't trust yourself

or your courage, since you entrusted another

with what you should have done yourself.

A man who's afraid doesn't talk as I do.

I don't want to compromise others.

But you compromised Bernard, who's waiting to be tried in London.

Why? Why do you refuse to name this Italian?

I could, he must be out of France by now

and far from persecution. But I don't want to do so.

Rudio.

Did you see Orsini talk with anyone?

No, sir.

You say you came to France to visit your family

to then go into Italy where you hoped in a revolution.

Yes, sir.

Did Gomez hope the same thing?

1 wouldn't say Gomez is a man of politics.

He knows nothing and hopes for nothing.

Alright...

Let's finish the events of the 14th.

- Sit down. - Thank you.

You followed Orsini.

Yes, but first I put a gun in my pocket

because we didn't always agree on things

and I didn't want to be alone with him and defenseless.

Instead we were out in the street

and he said we should never separate,

actually, we should reinforce our old friendship.

That this concerned the revolution

and he was afraid he'd be searched

and wanted to get the bombs out of his house.

So, 10 encourage his trust,

Hold him I'd volunteer to place one.

We went to Orsini's,

it was 7:45 pm.

Then Rudio came.

But I was in a cold state of mind

and since Gomez was late,

Orsini said: "Has he gone to spy?"

You said that yourself!

Rudio, no arguing, don't react.

- Continue. - It was Orsini, not me.

Then Orsini took a bomb

and put it in Gomez's hand, since he'd just arrived.

He put another in Rudio's hand,

one to me, two for himself

and he said to go out.

And where did you go?

Defendant Cammarota, where did you go?

I left them at the corner of Rue Saint-Honoré

and never saw them again.

I was ina hurry to get rid of my bomb,

because I wanted to go back.

But then I thought the boulevards were much nicer

50 I went there.

I saw lots of soldiers on horseback

and alight...

whitish.

The mare I walked, the brighter the light got.

I didn't know what that meant.

1 walked to the end of the street

and I saw the theater lighted up.

I kept going, the crowd grew bigger and bigger

and I followed it.

And then...

1 got to the corner of Rue Rossini

and there I was stopped by Mr. Hebert,

who knows me.

That's all.

You are going towards God who forgives you

and you'll find the way of mercy.

So, I give you the last rites.

No, there's no need.

My place is in hell.

Can you do something for me?

- What is it, my son? - Sit down.

Why does the Holy Father not renounce his temporal power?

Why not?

Why not?

May God bless you.

Stand.

Remove your vests.

By order of His Majesty the Emperor,

the Minister of State decrees

that the prisoner Antonio Gomez

is sentenced to hard labor.

Prisoner Carlo Rudio

will have his sentence changed to life imprisonment.

Prisoners Felice Orsini and Angelo Cammarota,

in accordance with the law of June 10, 1853,

for having attempted the life of His Majesty the Emperor,

have been declared guilty

and sentenced to death by the Court.

Angelo!

Domenico!

You've never loved the Savoys, Domenico, I know.

But you must recognize that today

Vittorio Emanuele is King of Italy,

of a united Italy,

although still without Rome and Venice.

The tree has been planted,

yet with diseased roots.

Unity was, for the lfalians, a powerful passion

which overwhelmed all other needs.

I'll remain silent,

until things take a definitive turn,

so not to be accused of adding oil to the fire.

But the day will come when I can say all I know and think.

Now Garibaldi wants to conquer Rome militarily,

against the will of the Italian government.

I know you'll run to his call.

What's happening in the South is frightening,

brigands have taken over,

the State doesn't enforce the law

and no one trusts anyone anymore.

My dear Domenico, look after yourself.

If you go through your village, which you've not seen in 20 years,

please,

put a flower on Angelo's tomb for me.

Farewell,

your friend Cristina.

- Where are you taking this linnet? - No one could care for it.

- My wife passed away a month ago. - I'm sorry.

I said goodbye to the places of our happiness, and left.

You're from Caserta, don't you have anyone there?

We had no children, but spent many years together,

lovely, splendid years.

And now if's finished.

You're young, you'll re-marry soon.

No, if's the world that's finished.

- Don't you see what's happening? - You're right.

War, revolution, unity of Italy.

These fighters, when they get up in the morning,

instead of trying to re-do the world, that's been done and re-done badly,

if they listened to the silence of that hour...

- You know what I mean? - I don't really.

The moment when birds still don't sing.

It's a magical moment, made of everything and nothing.

Like this linnet.

THE DAWN OF THE NATION

Ladies and gentlemen, we're leaving.

- When you're ready... - Coming.

- What's this trip got in store? - Who knows, these days...

All aboard the carriage! Domenico, sir, when you like!

The next station is Sala Consilina?

In three days.

- I'll meet you there. - I wouldn't do that.

It's far away, how'll you get there?

- I'll get there. - You won't.

And I'll lose a place, you know how many I left behind?

I'll pay in advance and even leave my knapsack.

As you like.

But I can't wait for you, get there on time.

Go!

Forget that Spanish girl, she'll cast a spell on you!

Leave me alone.

I have to get to Palinuro, they say you can help me.

Go down to the port, Armando's got a boat going.

Wait, don't be afraid.

' Won't hurt you.

Hook shelter here to sleep.

I'm going to Centola, but it got late yesterday,

I was afraid I'd get lost.

Why are you with the goats? Where are your brothers?

The soldiers killed them.

Soldiers? Why?

They said they were brigands.

- What's your name? - Lucia.

I'd like a little milk.

Thank you.

Sit down.

- Do you know Father Carmine, the priest? - I do.

- Does he live in the square? - No, Don Tiburzio's there.

- Who's he? - The notary.

And Father Carmine?

In a little house, I don't know where.

Will I find him in church?

No, the earthquake destroyed it.

Mamma, you're not eating?

This is all we can offer.

We're poor.

What else, if we're in excommunicated hands?

Not many people around since the earthquake.

They all left.

I was tutoring only Don Tiburzio's children in Latin.

And where's Caterina?

She's not here.

She's a servant.

Your sister

is a servant to Don Tiburzio.

Do you know who Don Tiburzio is?

The one who took our confiscated things.

Nothing to say?

Say something.

At least say you're sorry.

It's your fault that they got confiscated.

Because you couldn't ask for pardon,

you had to stay in jail,

you had to make Italy.

How long since mamma spoke?

Ten years.

If you want to sleep here,

there's straw bedding.

No, thank you, I have to leave right away.

Move along!

Stop!

Halt!

- Where are you going? - Reggio Calabria.

What's up there?

Get off, please.

Give me your documents.

Come on, unload them.

Alright. Thank you.

- Documents? - Alright!

A soldier! That's what they deserve!

That's 30 cents each.

Isn't it all included?

No, here you pay to eat and sleep,

but someone will have to sleep in the hayloft, we're full.

Goodnight.

- I've got these. - They're worthless.

They're out of circulation, it's lire now.

I've spent them all, these are mementos.

What great memories!

- What can we do? - I'll pay for him.

Please, take this.

Thank you.

I was a tailor in San Leucio.

We had a hundred workers, made the most beautiful silks in Europe.

I sewed clothes for the most beautiful noblewomen in the Kingdom.

Now, there's nothing left.

No factory, no work, no silk.

Just poverty, horror and poverty.

You're right,

those from Piedmont just brought poverty.

But that's no reason to regret the Bourbons.

If you say so...

Garibaldi's our last hope.

If he gets to Rome, he'll be powerful again

and we, in the South, will get our land back.

Those from Piedmont have to go back home!

- You're a revolutionary. - Of course.

1 believe in the unity of aly and you should fight with us!

Quiet!

Keep your voice down.

He's right,

it takes nothing to call us brigands and shoot us.

Didn't the Bourbons do it too?

My father was killed like that.

He and his comrades rebelled in Cilento

and were slaughtered as brigands.

The chief rebels got their heads cut off

and stuck on poles.

The poles were put in the square in Palinuro.

They were there for over a year.

Luckily my father's wasn't cut off.

Aren't you from Apulia?

Yes.

But I was born in Cilento.

My mother had to escape.

She told me these things.

What was your father's name?

Salvatore Tambasco.

What is it?

What's wrong?

You're pale.

You're sure your father was killed by the Bourbons?

What do you mean?

Bourbon spies did it, my mother told me everything.

He was in the Capozzoli gang, ever heard of them?

Alright...

I'm going to sleep.

I feel very tired.

Goodnight.

What a strange man.

Know anything about him? You've traveled together.

He's aman...

who doesn't talk much.

I know he's from Cilento

and carries a gun like you.

You have to fight with us, you've got nothing to lose.

That's not true.

I have that linnet.

Wake up.

Do you have a horse, a mule? Hurry.

It's night, where'll you go, and you're alone?

- You're sure? - Yes.

I have a horse.

He's a good one though.

Ts all I have, is it enough?

Watch your back!

Domenico, sir!

- Why are you running? - And why did you follow me?

You knew my father.

I saw it in your face when I talked about him.

1 want 10 make him proud and you have to see it.

You're going to join Garibaldi, I saw the book you carry.

We can go together,

the coast isn't far.

Let's go.

How far could you go on foot?

I couldn't take anymore.

How can you fight this war? You're an old man.

Old men should fight wars,

if they die, who cares.

I'm so hungry!

- Any cheese left? - Sure, in the knapsack.

Good!

- Don't want any? - No, I'll eat later.

Who knows all the junk you ate in Turin with pa.

Cheese is good there too.

- Maybe even better. - You're joking!

After we free Rome and Venice, why not go around Haly?

Up North, it must be nice.

You're sure?

Later.

I'll go get firewood.

Hello!

Know how far to Memo'?

It's down the beach.

- Has Garibaldi arrived? - No, his men are there.

- They're waiting for him. - Thanks.

Hey, guys! Get ready, we're coming!

You two! Are you already in a section?

- Not yet. - Then come with me.

- When do we leave? - If the General comes, this evening.

Take those two, have them sign up!

- What's your name? - Vincenzo.

- What do you do? - I'm a volunteer!

- What do you do in life! - I do two things.

A cobbler.

I come and go from the Vicariate and I act.

Giovanni, let's show them.

The Company of the Vicariate!

Quiet!

Opening line.

My deep respects.

Has Your Lordship ever been here before?

- It's the first time. - I'm sorry.

Thank you so much.

Here is one's own, one's disposal...

One's-own-disposal makes a law.

Those who are lucky to enter here...

Great luck!

He has to pay a tiny sum for the French guys.

Who are these French guys?

Who are these French guys?

That's what we call them, they're in need.

We give them something and they behave,

they behave, we behave, everyone behaves.

Listen, [ am...

Crispi's in cahoots with the Mafia!

Sorry, I didn't know,

he Knight's having me make 3 had impression!

My deep respects!

How dare you make fun of Crispi?

We're actors, we do this in the squares of Palermo.

You know what Crispi did for the unity of Italy?

They're doing nothing wrong.

Crispi is in Parliament where they make useless speeches,

but they're about to push a cannon all the way to Rome!

- How dare you? - What's your name?

What's this?

We can't speak freely even here?

#When Garibaldi calls out the role #

#all his sons so bold#

#will light the bomb,#

#Red Shirts of Garibaldi..#

Garibaldi, up there!

Long Live Garibaldi!

#...the sun of April #

#and you showed you were no coward #

#That's why you are so dear to me,#

#red shirt, rare shirt.#

Long Live Garibaldi!

Rome or Death!

#We'll kick him off his throne,#

#no more popes in Rome.#

#We'll go to St. Peter's, then to St. Paul's.. #

#...we want their heads to roll. #

#The guillotine is in the square,#

#we want their heads to roll..#

The General said not to respond to Italian fire!

Run, or the Bersaglieri will kill us all!

Want to die like an idiot? Run!

- Giovanni! - Shut up!

We're on your side! Come here, it's safe.

Let's go, it's safe.

Why are you crying?

- Did your friends die? - He was my comrade too.

You got us killed like animals!

Stop, quiet!

It's not safe here.

We have to stay together, let's find an escape route.

Come on!

Wait!

Don't be afraid.

- What's your name? - Nino.

- How old are you? -17.

We have to reach the other side,

will you do some scouting?

You're a boy, they won't notice you.

Saverio, give him your jacket.

We'll be waiting there, don't delay.

I've already seen you, do you know me?

Try to understand what they do to deserters.

The boy's back.

Well?

No one's around, but Garibaldi is dead.

- You're sure? - A shepherd told me.

We'd better move before they catch us.

- There'll be an amnesty soon. - For deserters too?

1 think so, I don't know.

What do you care?

Any of you in the regular army?

Me.

- You too? - Yes,

You too?

You didn't tell me!

Let's go.

Let's stop.

Here's fine.

Got any water?

Mine's empty.

Halt, weapons down and hands up!

Surrender!

Weapons down and hands up!

Weapons down!

Commander!

Look who we found.

- Where were they? - Here in the convent.

Jumpifljehosaphat! Lucky!

Check their identities

and if there are any deserters, shoot them.

You can't, there is an amnesty.

What do you know about amnesty?

Only a court can judge them.

I'm the court here.

Take them away.

Farewell.

Let me die with my comrades!

Ready, aim, fire!

Murderers!

I see the ghosts of the martyrs,

they accuse me of killing them to resurrect the land of the dead.

Calm down, Giuseppe.

- And if he died? - You mean Garibaldi?

Don't worry, it's nothing serious.

It's over.

The time for legal action is over,

we have to begin the extra-legal action.

We have to blow up Rattazzi, the King, Parliament.

Give me some paper.

Give me some paper.

"Dear Sigismondo,"

"I came to Parliament as you asked"

"and brought the letter they fired me with:"

'Dangerous Republican and fomenter of social disorder'.

"I need to work to live"

"and you've proven to be the generous man I knew,"

"with your proposal of help."

"But I wanted to see you to talk"

"and question myself,"

"because I find I'm at the point of departure.”

"Our struggle ended in failure"

"and I'd like 10 unravel the tangle,"

"to see if a wrong interpretation of those ideas"

"is responsible for what happened:"

"ltaly of today is petty, haughty, murdering."

"Entering Parliament I realized I'd never know."

I have no other flag to raise.

Mine is the one I raised

when landing with Garibaldi in Marsala:

Italy, one with Vittorio Emanuele!

Those who want another flag do not want a united Italy.

The Monarchy unites us, the Republic would divide us.

We unitarians are, above all, Monarchists

and we will support the Monarchy

far better than the old Monarchists!

"I saw you from a distance, Lord Sigismondo.”

"Your face was marked with proud disgust,”

"surrounded as you were by people who took advantage”

"of the new political situation to increase their own power."

"This Parliament"

"will not allow discussion on what each patriot did."

"The exiled and ex-prisoners will be celebrated equally,”

"like debris to number hurriedly, whose speeches only bore."

"I left, no one noticed me."

"But I don't count.

"We were many, we were together, prison couldn't hold us all."

"We should have begun our fight when we got out."

'We',

"Sweet word."

"We believed."

Thanks to agreement with France,

Rome is given to the Kingdom of Italy and becomes its capital in 1871.

Cristina of Belgiojoso dies in that same year.

No authorities participate in her funeral.

Francesco Crispi becomes Prime Minister in 1887.

He will give Italian politics an authoritarian tum

launching the country on a disastrous venture of colonialism.

The stories of Domenico, Angelo and Salvatore, fictional characters,

partly trace the real events of conspirators Domenico Lopresti,

Giuseppe Andrea Pieri and Antonio Sciandra.