The General is one of the robbers Italian television miniseries, directed by Paul Poets. The protagonist is the brigand Carmine Crocco Basilicata (called "General Brigands"), a figure that has provoked conflicting opinions between those who consider it just a bandit and who is a folk hero, who has contributed, however, the history of the Risorgimento. [2] the drama, divided into two episodes, was broadcast on 12 and 13 February 2012 and was produced for the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.