TROVATELLA DI MILANO (LA)

DRAMATIC / PROD: 1956 / R.TIME: 89 ' / black-white

Director

Giorgio Capitani

Starring

Massimo Serato - Franca Marzi - O. Toso - F. Festucci

Versions

Italian

Description

Milan, 1848. A group of "Carbonari" meets secretly in the cellar of an orphanage and plots an uprising against the Austrians. Maria, an orphan, by chance meets Gabriele, leader of the Carbonari; they fall in love. Gabriele, using the name "Kruber" becomes assistant to Count Patti, head of the police. Nonetheless, an Austrian patrol surprises the Carbonari during the meeting. They all manage to escape except Maria who is arrested and condemned to death. Count Patti then discovers that she is his daughter from his fist marriage and was believed to have died in a fire as an infant. With the help of Gabriele, Count Patti sets her free. The Count later dies in the uprising