Cavalcade of Heroes

Cavalcade of Heroes (Cavalcata d'eroi) is a 1950 Italian historical melodrama film directed by Mario Costa and starring Cesare Danova, Carla Del Poggio and Vittorio Sanipoli. It depicts the events around the founding of the short-lived Roman Republic of 1849.

Plot
Love story of a patriot and a girl with a noble lineage, already linked to a Frenchman, against the backdrop of the second assault of the French troops in Rome which took place between June 3 and July 2, 1849. With the French entry and victory, who install a provisional government, the two lovers will decide, once the differences of a social nature have been overcome, to follow Garibaldi's troops in Northern Italy.

Partial cast

 * Cesare Danova as Massimo Ruffo
 * Carla Del Poggio as Giulia Fabbri
 * Vittorio Sanipoli as Ottavio Monis
 * Otello Toso as Angelo Masina
 * Camillo Pilotto as Alessandro Fabbri
 * Paola Borboni as La marchesa Ferrari
 * Alfredo Varelli as Luciano Manara
 * Carlo Tamberlani as Pisacane
 * Ugo Sasso as Giuseppe Garibaldi
 * Germana Paolieri as La duchessa
 * Carlo Romano as Paolo Tassoni
 * Marco Vicario as Mario
 * Ave Ninchi as Aurelia
 * Attilio Dottesio as Mazzini
 * Mario Ferrari as Generale Odivot
 * Dante Maggio as Ciccillo
 * Arturo Dominici as Generale Gilletti
 * Peppino Spadaro as Capitan Turi
 * Achille Majeroni as Il vescovo