Anita Garibaldi
About Anita Garibaldi
Fighting in South America, Giuseppe Garibaldi meets Anita Ribeiro, marries her, and takes her to Italy when revolt breaks out. They land at Nice, and in Rome the triumvirs give him the city's defense. After the defeat they bury cannon at San Marino and try for Venice. Hunted through the Comacchio valleys, Anita dies in a hut on the Guiccioli farm.
Cast & crew
More about Anita Garibaldi
Mario Caserini directed for Cines, and his wife Maria Caserini plays Anita. Italian Wikipedia gives 11 minutes, or 317 meters, and a September 1910 release, with Wikidata also listing 19 September 1910. The Ponte Nomentano is recognizable in the exteriors.
Themes
Background
The short stages Garibaldi's defense of the Roman Republic in 1849 and Anita's death during the retreat.
Look
Exteriors include the Ponte Nomentano, identified in the Italian Wikipedia entry.
Preservation
A print is on Wikimedia Commons. Italian Wikipedia treats the September 1910 release as surviving in picture.
Notes
- The Italian Wikipedia plot takes Anita from South America through Nice, the Roman Republic, San Marino, and the flight toward Venice.
- She dies of exhaustion in the hut, not in battle.
- Maria Caserini had already starred for her husband in the 1906 Otello and the 1909 Macbeth.
Scenes
- Garibaldi asks for Anita's hand in South America.
- They bury the cannon at San Marino.
- Anita dies in the Guiccioli farm hut.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Anita Garibaldi (1910).webm)
