The story is the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan, as part of the risorgimento, to reach Garibaldi's headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered revolutionary to rescue part of his besieged land. Along the way, the peasant hero encounters many colorful Italians, differing in class and age, and holding political opinions of every type. There is a key train scene, and the film ends on the battlefield, Italian unification a success, despite brutal losses.

Directed by Francesco Pasinetti

A young girl flees from her father to be able to marry her true love.

The story of the sixteenth century Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci.

A young Italian-educated Libyan nobleman is summoned to fight for the Ottoman Empire in 1911.