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Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator

1962•1h 36m•6.2/10
DocumentaryHistoryWar

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6.2/10(12)
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Production

Zenith Cinematografica

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Gabriele D'Annunzio

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emilio De Bono

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Italo Balbo

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cesare Maria De Vecchi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pietro Badoglio

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Antonio Gramsci

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Umberto Nobile

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Roald Amundsen

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pius XI.

Pius XI.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Ettore Petrolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul von Hindenburg

Paul von Hindenburg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edda Ciano Mussolini

Edda Ciano Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rachele Guidi Mussolini

Rachele Guidi Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Galeazzo Ciano

Galeazzo Ciano

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Achille Starace

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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