Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.
Cast
Chloé Réjon
Narrator (voice)
Benito Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Mauro Canali
Self
Vito Zagarrio
Self
Caterina D’Amico
Self
Francesca Comencini
Self
Alessandro Blasetti
Self (archive footage)
Giulio Andreotti
Self (archive footage)
Totò
Self (archive footage)
Alida Valli
Self (archive footage)
Massimo Girotti
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Anna Magnani
Self (archive footage)
Giuseppe De Santis
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
Gina Lollobrigida
Self (archive footage)
Marcello Mastroianni
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio Gassman
Self (archive footage)
Alberto Sordi
Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren
Self (archive footage)
Amedeo Nazzari
Self (archive footage)
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio Mussolini
Self (archive footage)
Crew
Emmanuelle Nobécourt
Director, Writer
Jeanne Burel
Writer
Erwan Bizeul
Editor
Sandro Chessa
Director of Photography
Georges de Genevraye
Cinematography
Martin Laurent
Producer
Carlo Degli Esposti
Co-Producer
Andrea Romeo
Co-Producer
Nicola Serra
Co-Producer
Ermanno Guida
Line Producer, Production Manager
Andrea Oppo
Sound Recordist
Jean Poulhalec
Original Music Composer
Daniele Ongaro
Researcher
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