A grandfather recalls how he and his wife met and fell in love during the Second Italian War of Independence.
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Alberto Capozzi
Mary Cleo Tarlarini
Luigi Maggi
Paolo Azzurri
Mario Voller-Buzzi
Giuseppe Gray
Ernesto Vaser
Norina Rasero
Oreste Grandi
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