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.
Directed by Emmanuelle Nobécourt
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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)
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