Series
Mussolini: Son of the Century
DramaWar & Politics
Benito Mussolini's early career from his founding of the Fasci Italiani in 1919 up to the assassination of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti in 1924 and his speech in Parliament on 3 January 1925.
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Benito Mussolini's early career from his founding of the Fasci Italiani in 1919 up to the assassination of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti in 1924 and his speech in Parliament on 3 January 1925.
1Episode 110 Jan 2025 · 60m · ★ 7.4Mussolini 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.
2Episode 210 Jan 2025 · 62m · ★ 8.0The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
3Episode 317 Jan 2025 · 51m · ★ 7.8Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
4Episode 417 Jan 2025 · 56m · ★ 8.0Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
5Episode 524 Jan 2025 · 51m · ★ 7.8Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
6Episode 624 Jan 2025 · 52m · ★ 7.9Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
7Episode 731 Jan 2025 · 52m · ★ 8.1Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
8Episode 831 Jan 2025 · 61m · ★ 8.6With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?
Details
- Created by
- Joe Wright
- First aired
- 10 Jan 2025
- Last aired
- 31 Jan 2025
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Italian
- Network
- Sky Atlantic
- Episodes
- 8
- Votes
- 176 on TMDB
Cast
Luca MarinelliBenito Mussolini
Francesco RussoCesare Rossi
Barbara ChichiarelliMargherita Sarfatti
Benedetta CimattiRachele Mussolini
Gaetano BrunoGiacomo Matteotti
Maurizio LombardiEmilio De Bono
Gianmarco VettoriDino Grandi
Massimo De LorenzoAlfredo Rocco
Fulvio FalzaranoGiovanni Giolitti
Amedeo GullàAugusto Malacria
