Salvatore Giuliano

About the show

In postwar Sicily, an EVIS representative introduces Giuliano to villagers as a leader in the independence movement. Giuliano and his lieutenant Pisciotta discuss freeing his mother from prison, but her return with a Mafioso reveals his debt to the Mafia. Giuliano tells journalist Maria that poverty and injustice led him to banditry and that he hopes for amnesty and emigration. A Mafioso offers protection in return for an attack on a communist May Day parade; Giuliano accepts. After the Portella della Ginestra massacre, police chief Colonel Luca receives orders to eliminate him. Giuliano kills five Mafiosi at a wedding, leading the Mafia and police to unite against him. Pisciotta is persuaded to betray Giuliano, then urges him to flee. Giuliano refuses and is shot in the village.