简介：ThefilmshowshowItaly'shistoricnationalheroGiuseppeGaribaldi(embodiedbyRenzoRicci)leadsamilitarycampaignknownasExpeditionoftheThousandin1860andconquersSicilyandNaples.WhentheBourbonmonarchyhasleftSouthernItaly,hesupportsVictorEmmanuelIIofItalywhoachievesalastingunificationundertheaegistheHouseofSavoy.RobertoRossellinistatedhewasverymoreproudofthisfilmthanofanyotherfilmheevermade.