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Mussolini: The First Fascist
9.5
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54m
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2022
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Ended
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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Jacques Gamblin poster
Jacques Gamblin
Narrator (voice)
Benito Mussolini poster
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Piero Gandini poster
Piero Gandini
Self - Son of a fascist industrialist
Santino Picchetti poster
Santino Picchetti
Self - Former communist deputy
Marta Badoni poster
Marta Badoni
Self - Daughter of a fascist industrialist
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy poster
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Self (archive footage)
Adriano Monti poster
Adriano Monti
Self - Fascist activist
Aldo Bonucci poster
Aldo Bonucci
Self - Fascist activist
Carlo Benvenuti poster
Carlo Benvenuti
Self - Son of a fascist activist
Silvana Ajò Cagli poster
Silvana Ajò Cagli
Self - Victim of Mussolini
Antonio Tombesi poster
Antonio Tombesi
Self - Fascist activist
Lidia Menapace poster
Lidia Menapace
Self - Anti-fascist resistant
Edda Ciano Mussolini poster
Edda Ciano Mussolini
Self (archive footage)

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