Li chiamarono... briganti!

Li chiamarono... briganti They called them... brigands is a 1999 Italian film, directed by Pasquale Squitieri. It tells the story of Carmine Crocco, a 19thcentury Italian brigand who gained recognition when he came to the forefront of the brigandage during the Italian unification, by opposing the army of King Victor Emmanuel II. It stars Enrico Lo Verso, Claudia Cardinale, Franco Nero, Remo Girone, Giorgio Albertazzi among the others. The movie was quickly suspended from its cinema run and it is not available on VHS or DVD, someone think then this happened for the censure of Italians army.

He is soon released with the help of the local clergy and, disappointed by the unfulfilled promise of the new government, Crocco is persuaded by the cleric Don Pietro Remo Girone to become the leader of the resistance against Victor Emmanuel II, promising him money and weapons. Thus Crocco joins the Bourbon side, forming an army composed mainly of poor people.The brigand and his men conquer the Vulture region in the name of king Francis II, gaining the support of the local population. The new Italian government is worried about this rebellion and General Enrico Cialdini Benot Valls is assigned to suppress it. The repression is cruel Cialdini orders the shooting of the brigands and anyone who deals with them, mass killings where even women and children are not spared and confiscation of basic necessities. ........

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