Episodes
Episode 1
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.
Episode 2
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
Episode 3
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
Episode 4
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Episode 5
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
Episode 6
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
Episode 7
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.
Episode 8
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
Luca Marinelli
Benito Mussolini
Francesco Russo
Cesare Rossi
Barbara Chichiarelli
Margherita Sarfatti
Benedetta Cimatti
Rachele Mussolini
Gaetano Bruno
Giacomo Matteotti
Maurizio Lombardi
Emilio De Bono
Gianmarco Vettori
Dino Grandi
Massimo De Lorenzo
Alfredo Rocco
Fulvio Falzarano
Giovanni Giolitti
Amedeo Gullà
Augusto Malacria
Crew
Antonio Scurati
Book
Lorenzo Mieli
Producer
Gabriele Forte
Standby Property Master
Paolo Carnera
Director of Photography
Ilario Monti
Additional Editor
Valerio Bonelli
Editor
Seamus McGarvey
Director of Photography
Tom Rowlands
Original Music Composer
Mauro Vanzati
Production Design
Massimo Cantini Parrini
Costume Designer
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