Mussolini: Son of the Century
M. Il figlio del secolo
About
The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.
Cast
Luca Marinelli
as Benito Mussolini
Francesco Russo
as Cesare Rossi
Barbara Chichiarelli
as Margherita Sarfatti
Benedetta Cimatti
as Rachele Mussolini
Federico Majorana
as Amerigo Dumini
Lorenzo Zurzolo
as Italo Balbo
Federico Mainardi
as Albino Volpi
Maurizio Lombardi
as Emilio De Bono
Gianmarco Vettori
as Dino Grandi
Gaetano Bruno
as Giacomo Matteotti
Paolo Pierobon
as Gabriele D’Annunzio
Daniele Trombetti
as Cesare Forni
Gianluca Gobbi
as Cesare Maria de Vecchi
Matilde Potenza
as Edda Mussolini
Giovanni Alfieri
as Amleto Poveromo
Amedeo Gullà
as Augusto Malacria
Michele Ferrantino
as Giuseppe Viola
Vincenzo Nemolato
as Vittorio Emanuele III
Cosima Centurioni
as Bianca Ceccato
Roberto De Francesco
as Prefetto di Milano
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Episode 1
Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.
Episode 2
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
Episode 3
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
Episode 4
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Episode 5
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
Episode 6
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
Episode 7
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
Episode 8
With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?
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