We Believed

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.

Discover

Luigi Lo Cascio

Domenico Lopresti

Valerio Binasco

Angelo Cammarota

Francesca Inaudi

Cristina di Belgiojoso

Andrea Bosca

Angelo Cammarota (giovane)

Edoardo Natoli

Domenico Lopresti (giovane)

Luigi Pisani

Salvatore Tambasco

Guido Caprino

Felice Orsini

Renato Carpentieri

Carlo Poerio

Michele Riondino

Saverio Tambasco

Peppino Mazzotta

Don Carmine Lopresti

Franco Ravera

Antonio Gomez

Stefano Cassetti

Carlo Rudio

Andrea Renzi

Sigismondo di Castromediano

Ivan Franěk

Simon Bernard

Toni Servillo

Giuseppe Mazzini

Luca Barbareschi

Antonio Gallenga

Fiona Shaw

Emilie Ashurst

Luca Zingaretti

Francesco Crispi

Anna Bonaiuto

Cristina di Belgiojoso (anziana)

Alfonso Santagata

Saverio 'O' trappetaro' Tabasco

Fulvia Carotenuto

Domenico's mother

Pino Calabrese

Marshall Del Carretto

Beppe Rosso

Customs officer

Ivan Alovisio

Young Antonio Gallenga ('Procida')

Paolo Mazzarelli

Committee member

Roberto Accornero

Luigi Melegari

Bruno Cariello

Don Carlo

Enzo Salomone

Marquis Pica

Edoardo Winspeare

Nicola Nisco

Antonio Pennarella

Prison warden

Giovanni Capalbo

Chief of guards

Francesco Di Leva

Prison guard

Carlo Guitto

Prison guard

Giovanni Ludeno

Gaetano Errichello

Antonello Cossia

Giovanni Caruso

Totò Onnis

Francesco Romano

Salvatore Cantalupo

Pasquale Vuoso

Luigi Biondi

Cesare Braico

Vito Facciolla

Zaccaria Gallo

Giancarlo Muselli

Luigi Sticco

Marco Mario De Notaris

Michele Pironti

Michelangelo Dalisi

Felice Barone

Claudio Spadaro

Bourbon agent

Nuccio Siano

Prisoner

Lola Peploe

Orsini's lover

Romuald Kłos

Stanisław Worcell

Vanessa-Faye Stanley

Rudio's wife

Beppe Chierici

Monsieur Hebert, a policeman

Francis Pardeilhan

Monsieur Delange, a judge

Claude Lebas

Priest in jail

Pierre Lucat

Reader of the verdict

Dante de Rose

Innkeeper

Giovanni Calcagno

Actor from the Vicaria

Vincenzo Pirrotta

Actor from the Vicaria

Salvatore Ragusa

Actor from the Vicaria

Gino De Luca

Garibaldino

Paolo Civati

Garibaldino

Rocco Capraro

Garibaldino

Massimo Zordan

Garibaldino

Filippo Plancher

Garibaldino officer

Jurij Ferrini

Piedmontese commander

Pietro Manigrasso

Prisoner (uncredited)

Art

Emita Frigato

Production Design

Camera

Renato Berta

Director of Photography

Fabio Farinaro

Second Assistant Camera

Martino Pellion Di Persano

Assistant Camera

Maura Morales Bergmann

Third Assistant Camera

Danilo Grazzani

First Assistant Camera

Stefano Meloni

Focus Puller

Sandro De Frino

Digital Imaging Technician

Renaud Personnaz

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ursula Patzak

Costume Design

Vittorio Sodano

Makeup Artist

Aldo Signoretti

Hair Designer

Alessandro D'Anna

Makeup Artist

Elena Pascaniuc

Seamstress

Diego Prestopino

Makeup Artist

Vittorio Sodano

Makeup Designer

Katia Sisto

Makeup Artist

Nadia Salvatore

Set Costumer

Domenica Columpsi

Costume Assistant

Marco Perna

Hair Supervisor

Federico Carretti

Makeup Artist

Sara Giovene

Costume Assistant

Elisabetta Antico

Assistant Costume Designer

Rossella Gregorio

Makeup Artist

Claudette Lilly

Assistant Costume Designer

Enrica Iacoboni

Wardrobe Assistant

Luca Vannella

Hairstylist

Directing

Mario Martone

Director

David Maria Putorti

First Assistant Director

Sara Casani

Second Assistant Director

Vincenzo Rosa

Second Assistant Director

Alice Filippi

Second Assistant Director

Valérie Tristan

First Assistant Director

Raffaele Di Florio

Assistant Director

Paola Rota

Assistant Director

Editing

Chiara Griziotti

Assistant Editor

Natalie Cristiani

First Assistant Editor

Production

Carlo Cresto-Dina

Associate Producer

Ippolita Di Majo

Researcher

Serge Lalou

Co-Producer

Patrizia Massa

Executive Producer

Paola Rota

Casting

Andrea Alunni

Unit Manager

Morgana Bianco

Extras Casting

Luigi Pinto

Production Assistant

Alberto Martin

Extras Casting

Paolo Del Brocco

Co-Producer

Daniele Manca

Production Assistant

Gabriele Gentili

Payroll Accountant

Margherita Di Tullio

Production Coordinator

Fabio Lombardelli

Assistant Production Manager

Deborah Cesana

Production Secretary

Gianni Monciotti

Post Production Coordinator

Erik Paoletti

Production Manager

Marzia Milanesi

Publicist

Sound

Roberto Abbado

Music Director

Tullio Arcangeli

Sound Effects Editor

Luca Novelli

Boom Operator

Daniele Scaringella

Sound Assistant

Alessandro Arcangeli

Foley Artist

Arianna Arcangeli

Sound Effects Editor

Brando Mosca

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alessandro Feletti

Dialogue Editor

Alessandro Molaioli

Boom Operator

Roberto Caroselli

Recording Supervision

Writing

Mario Martone

Dialogue

Mario Martone

Screenplay

Mario Martone

Co-Writer

Mario Martone

Script Editor

Mario Martone

Script Consultant

Art

Emita Frigato

Production Design

Camera

Renato Berta

Director of Photography

Fabio Farinaro

Second Assistant Camera

Martino Pellion Di Persano

Assistant Camera

Maura Morales Bergmann

Third Assistant Camera

Danilo Grazzani

First Assistant Camera

Stefano Meloni

Focus Puller

Sandro De Frino

Digital Imaging Technician

Renaud Personnaz

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ursula Patzak

Costume Design

Vittorio Sodano

Makeup Artist

Aldo Signoretti

Hair Designer

Alessandro D'Anna

Makeup Artist

Elena Pascaniuc

Seamstress

Diego Prestopino

Makeup Artist

Vittorio Sodano

Makeup Designer

Katia Sisto

Makeup Artist

Nadia Salvatore

Set Costumer

Domenica Columpsi

Costume Assistant

Marco Perna

Hair Supervisor

Federico Carretti

Makeup Artist

Sara Giovene

Costume Assistant

Elisabetta Antico

Assistant Costume Designer

Rossella Gregorio

Makeup Artist

Claudette Lilly

Assistant Costume Designer

Enrica Iacoboni

Wardrobe Assistant

Luca Vannella

Hairstylist

Directing

Mario Martone

Director

David Maria Putorti

First Assistant Director

Sara Casani

Second Assistant Director

Vincenzo Rosa

Second Assistant Director

Alice Filippi

Second Assistant Director

Valérie Tristan

First Assistant Director

Raffaele Di Florio

Assistant Director

Paola Rota

Assistant Director

Editing

Chiara Griziotti

Assistant Editor

Natalie Cristiani

First Assistant Editor

Production

Carlo Cresto-Dina

Associate Producer

Ippolita Di Majo

Researcher

Serge Lalou

Co-Producer

Patrizia Massa

Executive Producer

Paola Rota

Casting

Andrea Alunni

Unit Manager

Morgana Bianco

Extras Casting

Luigi Pinto

Production Assistant

Alberto Martin

Extras Casting

Paolo Del Brocco

Co-Producer

Daniele Manca

Production Assistant

Gabriele Gentili

Payroll Accountant

Margherita Di Tullio

Production Coordinator

Fabio Lombardelli

Assistant Production Manager

Deborah Cesana

Production Secretary

Gianni Monciotti

Post Production Coordinator

Erik Paoletti

Production Manager

Marzia Milanesi

Publicist

Sound

Roberto Abbado

Music Director

Tullio Arcangeli

Sound Effects Editor

Luca Novelli

Boom Operator

Daniele Scaringella

Sound Assistant

Alessandro Arcangeli

Foley Artist

Arianna Arcangeli

Sound Effects Editor

Brando Mosca

Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Alessandro Feletti

Dialogue Editor

Alessandro Molaioli

Boom Operator

Roberto Caroselli

Recording Supervision

Writing

Mario Martone

Dialogue

Mario Martone

Screenplay

Mario Martone

Co-Writer

Mario Martone

Script Editor

Mario Martone

Script Consultant