Alessio Vassallo's Filmography on TV

It follows Francesco Giuffrida, an honest Sicilian politician from childhood to his disappearance.

In a stirring blend of archival footage, fictional recreations, interviews, and animation, the film delves into the story of Italy’s ‘Unknown Soldier’. November 4, 2021, in fact, is the hundredth anniversary of the burial of the Unknown Soldier in the Altare della Patria in Rome. Thanks to a collaboration with the Ministry of Defense, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, the city of Aquileia, and the Istituto Luce Cinecittà, this film reconstructs the events that led up to that event in 1921

It's 1943 and World War II is raging in Europe. In New York, Arturo and Flora the daughter of a restaurant owner are in love, but she is promised in marriage to the son of a Mafia boss. There is a way around this, but to be able to marry Flora, Arturo needs to get permission from her father, who lives in a village in Sicily. Arturo doesn't have any money, so the only way he can get to Sicily is to enlist in the U.S. Army, which is preparing for a landing on the island.

When young detective Salvo Montalbano receives a promotion and is transferred from a remote Sicilian village to the seaside town of Vigata, he finds himself supervising a team of local policemen. The team - which include veteran Carmine Fazio and bumbling agent Catarella - investigate crimes as serious as murder. The programme, a prequel that provides insight into the Sicilian detective's early crime-fighting career, is presented in Italian with English subtitles.