Mussolini - Ultimo atto

original title:
Mussolini - Ultimo atto
other titles:
(Mussolini - Die letzten Tage), Last Days of Mussolini, The Last Tyrant
country / year of production:
Italy / 1974
original length:
126 min. , color
premiere:
29 March 1974
genre:
history film
based on:
director:
Carlo Lizzani
film script:
Carlo Lizzani , Fabio Pittorru
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cast (role):
Rod Steiger , Franco Nero , Lisa Gastoni
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plot synopsis:
This documentary reconstructs the last days of the fascistic dictator Benito Mussolini until to his death on 28th of April in 1945. After his fall, he flees from Mailand to Como. On this journey more and more of his liegemen leave his side. The film shows the discrepancy between authority and real pitiful end of the dictator in his own execution.
keywords:
documentary , fascism , escape , war crimes , behind enemy lines , authenticity
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Walter Rauscher. Hitler und Mussolini. Macht, Krieg und Terror. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 2001.

Alessandro Campi. Mussolini. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2001.
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availability:
VHS NTSC