Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Director: Filoteo Alberini
Stars: Ubaldo Maria Del Colle and Carlo Rosaspina
Release Date: 16 September 1905 (Italy)
Also known as: Bandiera bianca (Italy - alternative
title), La breccia di Porta Pia (Italy
- alternative title), The Capture of Rome (International - English title)
Genres: Short
Trivia: The first fiction film to have come out of Italy.
Rome 1870: A blindfolded General Carchidio is escorted under
blindfold from Ponte Milvio to General Ermanno Kanzler of the Papal Army.
Carchidio issues an ultimatum to surrender to Kanzler which is refused, and a
breach in the city walls is stormed by troops.
The original film was comprised of seven scenes lasting
approximately fifteen minutes in total, and was the first film with a complex
plot. The film recorded a crucial moment in the country's recent history: the
capture of Rome by the newly-formed Italian army and the election of the city
as the country's capital. It was produced with the co-operation of the
country's Ministry of War.
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