Last Days of Mussolini

Mussolini: ultimo atto
Last Days of Mussolini
Directed by Carlo Lizzani
Produced by Enzo Peri
Written by Carlo Lizzani
Fabio Pittorru
Starring Rod Steiger
Franco Nero
Henry Fonda
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Roberto Gerardi
Edited by Franco Fraticelli
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
 135 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Last Days of Mussolini (Italian: Mussolini: Ultimo atto) is a 1975 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani and starring Rod Steiger, Franco Nero and Lisa Gastoni. The film depicts the downfall of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.[1]

Plot

In 1945, Benito Mussolini goes to Milan to talk with Archbishop Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster to request his help in escaping from Italy. The Republic of Salò, the last bastion of fascism, is decaying, and the Americans, along with the partisans are about to win control of Milan. Mussolini flees, pursued by his lover Claretta Petacci, and manages to get to the northern village of Dongo. There he clashes with the Germans, who order him to disguise himself as an officer of Germany rather than be captured by the partisans. Mussolini accepts without objection, always hoping for a revolt of his loyal fascists, but they are in jeopardy. When Mussolini is recognised, Walter Audisio, the leader of the partisans, initially wants to hand him over to the Americans, so that Mussolini undergoes due process. But the war crimes of the Duce are too great, so Audisio finally decides to shoot him in front of the Villa Belmone in the village of Giulino, along with his female companion.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/292416
  • Angelo Paratico: Ben. Mursia, 2010.
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