1870 (1972) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1972 · 116 mins · Italian

Directed by

Alfredo Giannetti

Starring

Marcello Mastroianni, Franco Balducci, Giulio Paradisi, Massimo Sarchielli, Anna Magnani, Mario Carotenuto

Set in Rome in 1870, the film follows the crackdown on those opposing papal authority, as many are imprisoned. Some desperate inmates plead for the Pope’s mercy, while revolutionary Augusto Parenti refuses to surrender, fighting for his cause. His wife, Teresa, a modest woman, becomes drawn into the rebels’ struggle.