Sicilian Uprising

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Sicilian Uprising
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Directed by Giorgio Pastina
Written by
Produced by Giuseppe D'Angelo
Starring
Music by Enzo Masetti
Production
companies
  • Epica
  • Safir
Distributed byFincine
Release date
1949
Running time
91 minutes
CountryItaly
Language Italian

Sicilian Uprising or Sicilian Vespers (Italian: Vespro siciliano) is a 1949 Italian historical drama film directed by Giorgio Pastina and starring Marina Berti, Clara Calamai and Roldano Lupi. [1] 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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