Overview
World War II is about to end. Benito Mussolini, il Duce, supreme dictator of Fascist Italy, sees his totalitarian dream crumbling and his power slipping away as the terrible day of his ignominious death at the hands of those he so ruthlessly oppressed for more than two decades draws inexorably near.
CreatorsAlberto Negrin
Top Casts
Anthony Hopkins
Count Galeazzo Ciano
Susan Sarandon
Edda Mussolini Ciano
Bob Hoskins
Benito Mussolini
Annie Girardot
Rachele Mussolini
Barbara De Rossi
Claretta Petacci
Dietlinde Turban
Felicitas Beetz

Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Sandro Pavolini

Fabio Testi
Lorenzo

Massimo Dapporto
Vittorio Mussolini
Gian-Polo Vetturini
Marzio
Details
First air date1985-09-08
Last air date1985-09-11
Production countriesFrance, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, United States of America
LanguageEnglish
Production companiesBeta Film, HBO, Antenne 2, RAI, Filmalpha, RSI, TVE
TaglineDetested by his people… Destined to failure.