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Mussolini and Petacci were executed the following afternoon, two days before Adolf Hitler's suicide. The bodies of Mussolini and Petacci were taken to Milan and left in a suburban square, the Piazzale Loreto, for a large angry crowd to insult and physically abuse. They were then hung upside down from a metal girder above a service station on ...
Mussolini: The Untold Story is a television biographical miniseries drama that aired on November 24–26, 1985. The series followed the rise, rule, and downfall of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (played by US actor George C. Scott ).
Mussolini Speaks is a 1933 documentary film highlighting the first 10 years of Benito Mussolini’s rule as Prime Minister of Italy.Produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, [1] [2] includes Italian newsreel footage [3] [4] of the Fascists’ March on Rome in 1922, the Lateran Treaty between Italy and The Holy See, engineering projects in Italy and North Africa, and excerpts of speeches ...
Mussolini: Son of the Century (Italian: M. Il figlio del secolo) is a biographical historical drama television series directed by Joe Wright, based on the 2018 novel M. Son of the Century by Antonio Scurati. Starring Luca Marinelli as Benito Mussolini, the series centers on the
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini [a] (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician who was the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922, until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his summary execution in 1945.
Mussolini and I (alternately titled Mussolini: The Decline and Fall of Il Duce) is a 1985 made-for-television docudrama film directed by Alberto Negrin. [1] It chronicles the strained relationship between Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law and foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, based on Ciano's diaries.
The March on Rome (Italian: Marcia su Roma) was an organized mass demonstration in October 1922 which resulted in Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party (Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) ascending to power in the Kingdom of Italy.
Crowd on the Piazza Venezia during Mussolini's speech, December 11, 1941. Published in L'Illustrazione Italiana. Contrary to Hitler's nearly 90-minute tirade against America, Mussolini's war declaration lasted only four minutes. [7] [3] Still, it was only slightly shorter than President Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech of December 8. [3]