By means of a chronological arrangement of historical video material from the Istituto Luce archives, it tells the story of Fascist Italy's ambitions in Africa and the role they played in shaping fascist ideology and the stance of the fascist regime in the Western world at the height of the age of colonialism and aggressive European expansionism.
Cast
Riccardo Mei
Narrator (voice)
Giovanni Pascoli
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rodolfo Graziani
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pierre Laval
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Emilio De Bono
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Giuseppe Bottai
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Galeazzo Ciano
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pietro Badoglio
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Achille Starace
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
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