Mussolini: The First Fascist
2022 · TV · 1 season · 2 episodes
The read
The series ran 1 season across 2 episodes and has finished, so there is no cliffhanger risk.
Synopsis
Mussolini seized power in Italy in 1922, after his March on Rome. He would hold it in his grasp until his death in 1945, establishing a dictatorship that lasted more than 20 years. Long considered a buffoon and a second-rate dictator, Il Duce invented fascism that was imitated by Hitler, who viewed the Italian as his political master. He wanted to transform his country into a warrior nation and promised Italians a return to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. He governed by violence and trickery and was one of the first populist leaders of modern times, leading his country into the catastrophe of the World War II. But who was Mussolini, this former teacher who came from the extreme left to become a newspaper editor and creator of the Fascist Party? Why did he ally himself with Hitler? Were the Italians really behind him? With archives and interviews with the last-surviving witnesses of the era, this portrait takes a look back at one of the most notorious dictators of the 20th century.
Ratings
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Seasons
| 1 | Season 1 | 2 ep2022 |
Key crew
- Serge de SampignyDirector
- Patrice d'OlloneOriginal Music Composer
- Serge de SampignyWriter
Cast
- Jacques GamblinNarrator (voice)
- Benito MussoliniSelf (archive footage)
- Piero GandiniSelf - Son of a fascist industrialist
- Santino PicchettiSelf - Former communist deputy
- Marta BadoniSelf - Daughter of a fascist industrialist
- King Victor Emmanuel III of ItalySelf (archive footage)
- Adriano MontiSelf - Fascist activist
- Aldo BonucciSelf - Fascist activist
- Carlo BenvenutiSelf - Son of a fascist activist
- Silvana Ajò CagliSelf - Victim of Mussolini
- Antonio TombesiSelf - Fascist activist
- Lidia MenapaceSelf - Anti-fascist resistant