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Status
Released
Release
1962
Runtime
1h 48m
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Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience.
17 Cast Members
Giancarlo Sbragia
Narrator (voice)
Emilio Cigoli
Narrator (voice)
Nando Gazzolo
Narrator (voice)
Léon Blum
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eva Braun
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roberto Farinacci
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francisco Franco
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Stalin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leon Trotsky
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
