Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025)
The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.
- Stefano Bises
- Davide Serino
- Antonio Scurati
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2025-01-10Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2025-01-10The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2025-01-17Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2025-01-17Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2025-01-24Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2025-01-24Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2025-01-31Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2025-01-31With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?