Mussolini: The First Fascist | Mussolini, le premier fasciste
Mussolini: The First FascistMussolini, le premier fasciste
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.
Cast
Jacques Gamblin
Benito Mussolini
Piero Gandini
Santino Picchetti
Marta Badoni
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Adriano Monti
Aldo Bonucci
Carlo Benvenuti
Silvana Ajò Cagli
Antonio Tombesi
Lidia Menapace
Edda Ciano Mussolini
Crew
Serge de Sampigny
Patrice d'Ollone
Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci
Fabrice Averlan
Christophe Busché
Olivier Chambon
Gianna Franceschini
Anaïs Navenant
Romain Senave
Samuel Pinon
Jean-Marie Frémont
Matthieu Cochin
Thibault Perrine
Fella Madaoui
Léandre Peter Sorencen
Serge de Sampigny
Marco Kuveiller
Emanuela Parisi
Andrea Cameli
Flavio Zancla
Thomas Dappelo
Thomas Dappelo
Mathieu Noguès
Mathieu Noguès
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