Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021)

7.3/10 52 min Documentary History TV Movie

Overview

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)

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)

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