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Mussolini: The Untold Story (1985)
Directed by William A. Graham
Overview
George C. Scott, Lee Grant, Virginia Madsen, Raul Julia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Gabriel Byrne star in this Emmy-nominated program about the rise and fall of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini’s eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce’s tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.
Length 410 minutes
Actors
Vernon Dobtcheff | George C. Scott | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | Robert Downey Jr. | Gabriel Byrne | Kenneth Colley | George Coulouris | Virginia Madsen | Michael Aldridge | Gunnar Möller | Gina Bellman | Raúl Juliá | Lee Grant | Michael Forest