The Capture of Rome (1905) Filoteo Alberini

The Capture of Rome ( italian title : _La presa di Roma*_) is a 1905 film by *Filoteo Alberini . The film turns out to be the first Italian film. Divided into 7scenes, the film is a historical reconstruction of the Risorgimento episode of the Breach of Porta Pia, which allowed the Piedmontese army to enter the city and annex Rome to the Kingdom of Italy:
Chapters
00:00 - Titles
00:13 - 1. General Carchidio at Ponte Milvio
01:07 - 2. From General Kanzler - No surrender!
02:47 - 3. At the camp of the Bersaglieri - To arms!
03:02 - 4. The last cannonade, lost
03:16 - 5. The Breach at Porta Pia - To the assault!
04:02 - 6. White flag, lost
04:14 - 7. Apotheosis, lost
Of the seven pictures shot, only three have survived, namely the first, second and fifth. The film was shown for the first time in public on the very day of the anniversary of the Taking of Rome: September 20, 1905.
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Filoteo Alberini (b. 1865, Orte - d. 1937, Rome, Italy) was an Italian filmmaker. One of the forerunners of the cinematograph in Italy, Alberini invented a filming machine, the Kinetograph Alberini , in the same year as the Lumière Brothers who, unfortunately for him, would file the patent before he succeeded in the venture; in 1905 he created the company that would take the name Cines in 1906 and produce the first Italian colossal film in history Quo vadis? in 1913.
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