Da un racconto di Riccardo Bacchelli. Lucania, 1863. Un comandante dei Bersaglieri deve liberare la zona dai briganti di Raffa Raffa, borbonici.
In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers fight in the hills against the bandits who are holding their country to ransom.
Released
Italy
September 7, 1952
(Venice Film Festival)
Finland
March 1, 1957
United States of America
March 18, 1984
(Italian Film Society of Rhode Island)