Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero

Jan 1, 2004

0h 45m

★ 0.0

Overview

By means of a chronological arrangement of historical video material from the Istituto Luce archives, it tells the story of Fascist Italy's ambitions in Africa and the role they played in shaping fascist ideology and the stance of the fascist regime in the Western world at the height of the age of colonialism and aggressive European expansionism.

Genres

Documentary

War

Drama

Production Companies

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Etiopia 1936: alla conquista dell'impero Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Riccardo Mei

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Giovanni Pascoli

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paul von Hindenburg

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Rodolfo Graziani

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Benito Mussolini

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pierre Laval

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emilio De Bono

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Giuseppe Bottai

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Galeazzo Ciano

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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