Mussolini: The First Fascist

Mussolini: The First Fascist

2022
54m
8.2

8.2/10

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Documentary War & Politics
Overview

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.

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Status: Ended

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Histodoc
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
German French Italian

Quick Facts

Original Title Mussolini, le premier fasciste
Release Date October 23, 2022
Status Ended
Language FR
IMDb ID tt18264396
Website Visit Site

Cast

Jacques Gamblin
Jacques Gamblin

Narrator (voice)

Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage)

Piero Gandini
Piero Gandini

Self - Son of a fascist industrialist

Santino Picchetti
Santino Picchetti

Self - Former communist deputy

Marta Badoni
Marta Badoni

Self - Daughter of a fascist industrialist

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Self (archive footage)

Adriano Monti
Adriano Monti

Self - Fascist activist

Aldo Bonucci
Aldo Bonucci

Self - Fascist activist

Carlo Benvenuti
Carlo Benvenuti

Self - Son of a fascist activist

Silvana Ajò Cagli
Silvana Ajò Cagli

Self - Victim of Mussolini

Antonio Tombesi
Antonio Tombesi

Self - Fascist activist

Lidia Menapace
Lidia Menapace

Self - Anti-fascist resistant

Key Crew

Serge de Sampigny
Director
Serge de Sampigny
Writer
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