Arrivano i bersaglieri is a 1980 Italian historical-comedy film written and directed by Luigi Magni. The film is set during the days of the capture of Rome (1870), an event that marked the Italian unification and the end of the Papal States and of the temporal power of the Popes.

Cast

Ugo Tognazzi: Don Prospero

Giovanna Ralli: Nunziatina, the maid

Ombretta Colli: Costanza, Don Prospero's wife

: Olimpia

Vittorio Mezzogiorno: Don Alfonso dell'Aquila d'Aragona

Pippo Franco: Father Paolo

: Gustavo Martini

Mariano Rigillo: Alfonso La Marmora

Carlo Bagno: Pope Pius IX

Daniele Dublino: Don Pietro

Ricky Tognazzi: Urbano, Prospero's child

References

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1980 films

Commedia all'italiana

Films directed by Luigi Magni

Films scored by Armando Trovajoli

Films set in Rome

Films critical of the Catholic Church

1980s historical comedy films

1980 comedy films

1980s Italian films

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