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Sicilian Uprising

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers () is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi. The film is set in 1282, showing the events leading up to the War of the Sicilian Vespers. It is based on the libretto of the Verdi opera I vespri siciliani, which was itself based on an earlier play written by Eugène Scribe and Charles Duveyrier.

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Bibliography

  • Gesù, Sebastiano. La Sicilia e il cinema. Giuseppe Maimone, 1993.
  • Aroldo Tieri e il Cinema. Pellegrini Editore, 2007.

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