Benito (film)

1993 television film directed by Gianluigi Calderone

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Benito

Italian| Il Giovane Mussolini
Spanish| El joven Mussolini
Written by| Vincenzo Cerami,
Mimmo Rafele,
Lidia Ravera
Directed by| Gianluigi Calderone
Starring| Antonio Banderas,
Susanne Lothar,
Toni Bertorelli
Original language| Italian
Production
Running time| 307 minutes
Original release
Release| 1993 (1993)

Benito (Italian: Il Giovane Mussolini) is an Italian TV miniseries regarding the story of Benito Mussolini's early rise to power[1][2] in the Socialist International and his relationship with Angelica Balabanoff. It was made in 1993 by RTVE of Spain, Rai Due of Italy, Microfilm, and the Kirch Company. It stars Antonio Banderas as Mussolini.

## Synopsis

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Mussolini arrives in a small town in 1901 and gets a job as a school teacher; he is subsequently fired for having sex with the headmaster's daughter. This would be a common theme throughout the movie. After giving up on teaching, he works as a builder on the new University of Geneva campus building, and where a lover persuades him to become a student. This is also where he organizes his first protest after the death of a worker he knew. For this, he is nearly deported but is saved by Angelica's intervention. After getting run out of then-Austro-Hungarian Trieste, he goes back to his hometown of Forlì, where he marries Rachele. Soon he is at the forefront of the Socialist movement when he becomes the editor-in-chief of Avanti!. At this point Mussolini unites the "reds," the Socialists, with the "yellows," the Republicans in an anti-war movement. This marks the peak of his power, with the Italian left-wing politics under his control. However, he gradually loses his anti-war fervor and splits from the Socialist party altogether, turning all his allies into enemies.

## Cast

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* Antonio Banderas as Benito Mussolini
* Toni Bertorelli as Primo
* Valentina Lainati as Giulia Ferrari
* Ivano Marescotti as Giacinto Menotti Serrati
* Franco Mescolini as Ferrari
* Anna Geislerová as Eleonora
* Claudia Koll as Rachele Guidi
* Susanne Lothar as Angelica Balabanoff
* Luca Zingaretti as Pietro Nenni

## References

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1. ^ "TVE y la RAI presentan 'El joven Mussolini' con Antonio Banderas". El País (in Spanish). 11 June 1993. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
2. ^ Kitchen, Matthew (14 June 2013). "The 8 Best Film Roles Based on History's Worst Villains". Esquire. Retrieved 24 February 2024.

## External links

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* Benito (English), Il Giovane Mussolini (Italian) at IMDb

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Benito Mussolini

Head of the Government and Duce of Fascism (1922–1943)
Assassination attempts * Death

Politics|

* Duce
* Fascist Manifesto
* Italian Fascism
* Spazio vitale
* Economic policies
* Racist policies
* Leggi razziali
* Manifesto della razza
* Fascist propaganda
* Model of masculinity
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Events|

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* World War II
* Mussolini's escape
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Elections|

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* 1934 general election

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* National Fascist Party (1921–1943)
* Republican Fascist Party (1943–1945)

Family|

* Rachele Mussolini (wife)
* Clara Petacci (lover)
* Ida Dalser (wife)
* Margherita Sarfatti (lover)
* Edda Mussolini (daughter)
* Vittorio Mussolini (son)
* Bruno Mussolini (son)
* Romano Mussolini (son)
* Maria Scicolone (daughter-in-law)
* Alessandra Mussolini (granddaughter)
* Rachele Mussolini (granddaughter)
* Fabrizio Ciano, 3rd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (grandson)
* Romano Floriani Mussolini (great-grandson)

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* Television:
* Dwight's Speech
* Mussolini: Son of the Century

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* Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall
* M: Son of the Century

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* Benito
* The Eternal City
* Mussolini and I
* I'm Back
* The Killers of Mussolini
* Last Days of Mussolini
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* Mussolini: The Untold Story
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