Mussolini: The First Fascist

Mussolini: The First Fascist (2022)


  • Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
  • Creator: Serge de Sampigny
  • First Air Date: 2022-10-23
  • Last Air Date: 2022-10-23
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 2
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 54 min.
  • Production Company: Histodoc
  • Production Country: France
  • Network: France 5
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Summary

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.

  • Keywords: italy, dictator, fascism, rise and fall, dictatorship, portrait of a dictator
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    Mussolini: The First Fascist Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2022-10-23
    2 Episodes

    Mussolini: The First Fascist Episodes

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    • Jacques Gamblin

      as Narrator (voice)
    • Benito Mussolini

      as Self (archive footage)
    • Piero Gandini

      as Self - Son of a fascist industrialist
    • Santino Picchetti

      as Self - Former communist deputy
    • Marta Badoni

      as Self - Daughter of a fascist industrialist
    • King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

      as Self (archive footage)
    • Adriano Monti

      as Self - Fascist activist
    • Aldo Bonucci

      as Self - Fascist activist
    • Carlo Benvenuti

      as Self - Son of a fascist activist
    • Silvana Ajò Cagli

      as Self - Victim of Mussolini
    • Antonio Tombesi

      as Self - Fascist activist
    • Lidia Menapace

      as Self - Anti-fascist resistant
    • Edda Ciano Mussolini

      as Self (archive footage)
    Directing Serge de Sampigny Director
    Crew Marie-Anne Matard-Bonucci Scientific Consultant
    Camera Christophe Busché Camera Operator
    Editing Andrea Cameli Colorist
    Editing Fabrice Averlan Editor
    Editing Flavio Zancla Colorist
    Editing Marco Kuveiller Colorist
    Production Léandre Peter Sorencen Administration
    Writing Serge de Sampigny Writer
    Editing Anaïs Navenant Assistant Editor
    Editing Emanuela Parisi Colorist
    Editing Samuel Pinon Assistant Editor
    Editing Jean-Marie Frémont Color Grading
    Sound Thibault Perrine Music Arranger
    Editing Romain Senave Assistant Editor
    Sound Matthieu Cochin Sound Mixer
    Production Fella Madaoui Production Director
    Sound Thomas Dappelo Sound Recordist
    Sound Mathieu Noguès Sound Mixer
    Camera Olivier Chambon Camera Operator
    Sound Patrice d'Ollone Original Music Composer
    Sound Thomas Dappelo Sound Mixer
    Crew Gianna Franceschini Documentation & Support
    Sound Mathieu Noguès Sound Recordist

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