Movies and TvShows featuring "italian-unification" theme.

In 1858 Italy, a Jewish boy named Edgardo Mortara is forcefully kidnapped and converted to Catholicism. His parents fight to free him, sparking a political battle between the papacy and forces of democracy and Italian unification.

The Leopard follows the story of a Sicilian prince as he navigates the political upheaval and social change of the Italian unification. Set in the 1860s, the prince must confront his own aristocratic decadence and the power takeover happening around him.

Don Fabrizio Corbera, the Prince of Salina, leads a life surrounded by beauty and privilege. But as Italy moves towards unification and the old aristocratic order is threatened, he realizes that his family's future is in jeopardy. New allegiances must be made, each one a threat to his principles.

In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.

We Believed is a historical drama set in the 19th century, during the time of Italian unification. It follows the story of a group of friends who become involved in the political intrigue and revolutionary movements of the time. The film explores themes of disillusionment, betrayal, and the growing apart of friends as Italy's struggle for independence unfolds.

1860, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. While Garibaldi's troops are invading this lawless territory, four female bandits nicknamed the "Drudes" are looking for their own personal revenge.

Rome, 1870. Opponents of the church power are being sent to prison. Some of the exhausted prisoners are asking for the mercy of Pope. Others, like Augusto Parenti, prefer to fight for their rights until the end. His wife, Teresa is a simple woman, who gets involved with the rebels.

During the Battle of Custoza (1848), a platoon of Piedmontese soldiers has barricaded itself in a secluded house, surrounded by the Austrian enemies. The captain commits his destiny and the one of his soldiers to the young tambourinist, a Sardinian child animated by an overwhelming patriotic spirit.