The Great Ambition

Oct 31, 2024

2h 2m

★ 7.3

Overview

Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Jolefilm

Vivo Film

RAI Cinema

MiC

Tarantula

Agitprop

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Cast

Enrico Berlinguer

Elio Germano

Giulio Andreotti

Paolo Pierobon

Aldo Moro

Roberto Citran

Umberto Terracini

Stefano Abbati

Pietro Ingrao

Francesco Acquaroli

Ugo Pecchioli

Paolo Calabresi

Antonio Tatò

Pierluigi Corallo

Leonid Brežnev

Nikola Danchev

Todor Živkov

Svetoslav Dobrev

Alessandro Natta

Luca Lazzareschi

Gianni Cervetti

Lucio Patané

Luciano Barca

Andrea Pennacchi

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