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Writers:
Vincenzo Cerami (writer)
Mimmo Rafele (writer)
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The story starts at the point in Benito Mussolini's life when, at the age of nineteen, he gave up being a schoolmaster... more
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Cast

  (Series Credited cast)

Antonio Banderas ... Benito Mussolini
Toni Bertorelli ... Primo
Valentina Lainati ... Giulia Ferrari
Ivano Marescotti ... Giacinto Serrati
Franco Mescolini ... Ferrari
Anna Geislerová ... Eleonora
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raffaella Azim ... Margherita Sarfatti
Flavio Bonacci ... Giuliani
Vitezslav Bouchner ... Steelworks Foreman
Franco Castellano ... Rocca
Hana Davidona ... Anna Kulicioff
Alice Dvorakova ... 1st Woman Patron
Ladislav Gerendás ... Ciccotti
Andrea Giordana ... Naldi
Lidije Glavanakova ... Renzi's Wife
Karel Hábl ... Police Officer
Jaroslav Heyduk ... Lawyer
Karel Hlusicka ... Ambassador
Jan Hrusínský ... Vautrot
Robert Jaskow ... Cesare
Ivan Jirík ... Libero
Hugo Kaminský ... Don Dallabrida
Jindrich Khin ... Gasparotto
Jan Klar ... Fencing Instructor
Viktorie Knotková ... 2nd Woman Patron
Eduard Kolar ... Leonida Bissolati
Claudia Koll ... Rachele
Magdalena Kopicova ... Rachele (10 years old)
Václav Kotva ... Old Priest
Dan Krames ... Duilio
Renata Kubisova ... Damerini's Wife
Rudolf Kutilek ... Vogler
Jan Laibl ... Tagliatela
Susanne Lothar ... Angelika Balabanoff
Hubert Marík
Steva Marsálek ... Bussi
Eva Matalova ... Annina
Jiri Meigl ... City Councilor
Milos Mejzlik ... Damerini
Pino Micol ... Claudio Treves
Jirí Nemecek ... Judge
Jan Novotny ... Mazzoni
Jirí Ornest ... Barrister Sarfatti
Zdenek Pechácek ... Eleonora's 1st Escort
Memè Perlini ... Renzi
Jaroslava Pokorná ... Rosa Maltoni
Klára Pollertová ... Carmen
Petr Pospíchal ... Lazzari
Jan Preucil ... Corporal
René Pribil ... Gaudenzi
Pavel Rímský ... Bertoni
Radan Rusev ... Bacci
Jiri Schmiedt ... Marinetti
Jan Sedlisky ... Alessandro
Milan Stehlík ... Magni
Karel Suchy ... Bergonzi
Petr Svárovský ... Valmaggi
Josef Vajnar ... Eleonora's 2nd Escort
Jan Vala ... Bonavita
Vlastimila Vlková ... Renzi's Mother
Karel Vyborny ... Filippo Turati
Gabriela Wilhelmová ... Sirotina
Vlastimil Zavrel ... Prisoner
Luca Zingaretti ... Pietro Nenni
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Man Named Benito
Benito: The Rise and Fall of Mussolini (USA) (DVD title)
El joven Mussolini (Spain)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
114 min | Finland:301 min (3 parts)
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4 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A Very, Very Long Movie, 21 September 2006
6/10
Author: Pooua from Texas

At the most obvious level, the average person might ask of this movie, "Why, oh why, would someone make a 5-hour movie about Benito Mussolini?" It does not even cover his entire life! In fact, it only covers about 12 years of his life, and all of it prior to the period for which he is historically significant to Americans. The movie covers Mussolini from age 19 to about age 31, ending about 1914, just before Italy's entry into WW I. The events of Mussolini's life depicted in the movie could be summarized as serial seduction of women, rabble-rousing and trouble-making, nothing in itself historically significant. Political wonks, history buffs and devout Socialists would find the movie interesting, but it is much too long and irrelevant for just about anyone else.

However, within the specialized audience for which this movie would hold appeal, it excels as a professionally-produced made-for-TV movie. For the American historian, it introduces some of the people who were significant in the era, and shows how they related to Mussolini. The movie also shows many bright, gifted, thoughtful people--even within his own party--who were routed by Mussolini's brute appeal to the public's emotions.

Antonio Banderas is believable to Americans in the role of seducer because of his sensuality, but the real Mussolini was plain-looking enough that if he was as promiscuous as portrayed in this movie, it could only be as a result of his society's (and his own) self-motivation for base desires. The real Mussolini looked like a thug and acted like a thug. He was a brutal man. How could such a man attract rational people to himself? The movie shows that he did it by his unwavering arrogance; people follow confident, assertive people, for better or worse.

The movie includes partial female nudity and Antonio Banderas' backside.

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