Describes the life of the politician and journalist Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872). The film argues that his organisation "Giovine Europa" during the Italian Risorgimento helped to inspire the European integration process. The film is part of the film series "Great Europeans" commissioned by the Council of Europe.

Genre
Documentary, Educational Film

Credits
Production Country: Italy
Film Production Company: Istituto Nazionale LUCE, Rome
Commissioning Institution: Western European Union / Council of Europe
Director: Riccardo Redi / Mario Verdone
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Libio Bartoli
Film Editing: Alberto Verdejo
Music: Unknown

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 10 minutes
Colour: Black & White

European History, European Heritage, Giuseppe Mazzini, Council of Europe, Western European Union 

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Italian

Video

Council of Europe, Strasbourg

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Archivio LUCE, Rome. Digital reproductions of the films are available electronically at: Archivio LUCE (2019)

Clemens, Gabriele: «Auftrag Europa» – Öffentlichkeitsarbeit und Filmwerbung der europäischen Gemeinschaften, in: Gabriele Clemens (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Identität durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 43-128.

Other version of the film in other language which os not part of this collection is: Mazzini, The European