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Mussolini: The Untold Story
Mussolini: The Untold Story is a television biographical miniseries drama that aired on November 24–26, 1985. The series followed the rise, rule, and downfall of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (played by American actor George C. Scott).
Mussolini's private life features prominently in the series, including his long-term romance with his mistress Clara Petacci (played by Virginia Madsen).
The series begins in 1922, as Mussolini gathers his power through the use of his Black Shirt militia. Promoting himself as Julius Caesar reincarnate, Il Duce gains a national fervor that peaks after the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935. In 1938, Mussolini attempts to promote peace at the Munich Conference. Nonetheless, he aligns himself with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini draws Italy into World War II, which leads to his country's decline, Mussolini's fall from power, and the eventual roadside execution of Mussolini and Petacci.
The series was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
The dictator's son Vittorio advised writer-producer Stirling Silliphant on the screenplay, which later led to accusations of bias. In a promotional interview, Silliphant said that his research "really got interesting when we went off to Rome and met his eldest surviving son, Vittorio. For about 10 days, we asked him hundreds of questions. He was delightful, charming, very sophisticated and still a spokesman for his father". Silliphant sent a finished script to Vittorio (himself a sometime screenwriter and film critic) and travelled to meet him on Ischia:
We spent an anxious three or four days there waiting and then we met again. That was, I think, the most difficult time in my life as a writer. He is really brilliant in terms of analysing scenes and he would suggest, very acutely, very cleverly, very small alterations that would have the effect of showing his father more favourably. We really had to watch him.
The series was shot in Rome and Yugoslavia, at the same time as the Italian shoot of HBO's Mussolini and I, which broadcast earlier in the same year.
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Mussolini: The Untold Story
Mussolini: The Untold Story is a television biographical miniseries drama that aired on November 24–26, 1985. The series followed the rise, rule, and downfall of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (played by American actor George C. Scott).
Mussolini's private life features prominently in the series, including his long-term romance with his mistress Clara Petacci (played by Virginia Madsen).
The series begins in 1922, as Mussolini gathers his power through the use of his Black Shirt militia. Promoting himself as Julius Caesar reincarnate, Il Duce gains a national fervor that peaks after the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935. In 1938, Mussolini attempts to promote peace at the Munich Conference. Nonetheless, he aligns himself with Adolf Hitler. Mussolini draws Italy into World War II, which leads to his country's decline, Mussolini's fall from power, and the eventual roadside execution of Mussolini and Petacci.
The series was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.
The rise and fall of the Italian fascist dictator, Benito Mussolini.
The dictator's son Vittorio advised writer-producer Stirling Silliphant on the screenplay, which later led to accusations of bias. In a promotional interview, Silliphant said that his research "really got interesting when we went off to Rome and met his eldest surviving son, Vittorio. For about 10 days, we asked him hundreds of questions. He was delightful, charming, very sophisticated and still a spokesman for his father". Silliphant sent a finished script to Vittorio (himself a sometime screenwriter and film critic) and travelled to meet him on Ischia:
We spent an anxious three or four days there waiting and then we met again. That was, I think, the most difficult time in my life as a writer. He is really brilliant in terms of analysing scenes and he would suggest, very acutely, very cleverly, very small alterations that would have the effect of showing his father more favourably. We really had to watch him.
The series was shot in Rome and Yugoslavia, at the same time as the Italian shoot of HBO's Mussolini and I, which broadcast earlier in the same year.