Mussolini: Son of the Century
series not in production
Ended
Drama
War & Politics
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 8
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2025-01-10
Last EP | 2025-01-31
Overview
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The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.
Created by
Produced by
The Apartment Pictures
Small Forward Productions
Sky Studios
Fremantle Italia
Pathé
Cinecittà Studios
Sky
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2025-01-10
1
Episode 1
2025-01-10
Mussolini 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.
2
Episode 2
2025-01-10
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
3
Episode 3
2025-01-17
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
4
Episode 4
2025-01-17
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
5
Episode 5
2025-01-24
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
6
Episode 6
2025-01-24
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
7
Episode 7
2025-01-31
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
8
Episode 8
2025-01-31
With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?
CAST
charactor: Benito Mussolini
Original: Luca Marinelli
Total EP: 8
charactor: Cesare Rossi
Original: Francesco Russo
Total EP: 8
charactor: Margherita Sarfatti
Original: Barbara Chichiarelli
Total EP: 8
charactor: Rachele Mussolini
Original: Benedetta Cimatti
Total EP: 8
charactor: Amerigo Dumini
Original: Federico Majorana
Total EP: 8
charactor: Italo Balbo
Original: Lorenzo Zurzolo
Total EP: 8
charactor: Albino Volpi
Original: Federico Mainardi
Total EP: 8
charactor: Emilio De Bono
Original: Maurizio Lombardi
Total EP: 8
charactor: Dino Grandi
Original: Gianmarco Vettori
Total EP: 8
charactor: Giacomo Matteotti
Original: Gaetano Bruno
Total EP: 8
charactor: Gabriele D’Annunzio
Original: Paolo Pierobon
Total EP: 8
charactor: Cesare Forni
Original: Daniele Trombetti
Total EP: 8
charactor: Cesare Maria de Vecchi
Original: Gianluca Gobbi
Total EP: 8
charactor: Edda Mussolini
Original: Matilde Potenza
Total EP: 8
charactor: Amleto Poveromo
Original: Giovanni Alfieri
Total EP: 8
charactor: Augusto Malacria
Original: Amedeo Gullà
Total EP: 8
charactor: Giuseppe Viola
Original: Michele Ferrantino
Total EP: 8
charactor: Vittorio Emanuele III
Original: Vincenzo Nemolato
Total EP: 8
charactor: Bianca Ceccato
Original: Cosima Centurioni
Total EP: 8
charactor: Prefetto di Milano
Original: Roberto De Francesco
Total EP: 8
charactor: Harukichi Shimoi
Original: Taiyo Yamanouchi
Total EP: 8
charactor: Luigi Facta
Original: Alberto Astorri
Total EP: 8
charactor: Roberto Farinacci
Original: Gabriele Falsetta
Total EP: 8
CREW
Mauro Vanzati
Production Design
Art
Gabriele Forte
Standby Property Master
Art
Seamus McGarvey
Director of Photography
Camera
Paolo Carnera
Director of Photography
Camera
Aldo Signoretti
Makeup & Hair
Costume & Make-Up
Massimo Cantini Parrini
Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up
Joe Wright
Director
Directing
Valerio Bonelli
Editor
Editing
Ilario Monti
Additional Editor
Editing
Ardavan Safaee
Executive Producer
Production
Simone Gattoni
Executive Producer
Production
Emanuele Marchesi
Executive Producer
Production
Elena Recchia
Executive Producer
Production
Joe Wright
Executive Producer
Production
Erica Negri
Executive Producer
Production
Francesco Tatò
Executive Producer
Production
Valerio Bonelli
Executive Producer
Production
Paolo Sorrentino
Executive Producer
Production
Pablo Larraín
Executive Producer
Production
Lorenzo Mieli
Producer
Production
Nils Hartmann
Executive Producer
Production
Tom Rowlands
Original Music Composer
Sound
Davide Serino
Writer
Writing
Stefano Bises
Writer
Writing
Antonio Scurati
Writer
Writing
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