The Assassination of Matteotti

Sep 13, 1973

1h 54m

★ 6.6

Overview

How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination of a political enemy into a test of strength fundamental for the ascent into the totalitarian regime.

Genres

History

Drama

Production Companies

Claudia Cinematografica

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Cast

Giacomo Matteotti

Franco Nero

Benito Mussolini

Mario Adorf

Amerigo Dumini

Umberto Orsini

Mauro Del Giudice

Vittorio De Sica

Umberto Tancredi

Renzo Montagnani

Filippo Turati

Gastone Moschin

Antonio Gramsci

Riccardo Cucciolla

Giovanni Amendola

Damiano Damiani

Piero Gobetti

Stefano Oppedisano

Ada Gobetti

Manuela Kustermann

Vittorio Emanuele III

Giulio Girola

Cesare Rossi

Cesare Barbetti

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