Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Feb 14, 2021

0h 54m

★ 6.0

Overview

Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with extolling the myths of virility, femininity and motherhood and constrained by sexual repression.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

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Cast

The Scientist

Luca Ward

Sailor (voice)

Francesco Baj

Soldier #1 (voice)

Stefano Brusa

Raimondo (voice)

Fabrizio Bucci

Maria (voice)

Daniela Calò

Giovanni Comisso (voice)

Alessandro Cappa

Police Officer (voice)

Marco Fumarola

Soldier #2 (voice)

Stefano Macchi

Mogliana Youth (voice)

Andrea Moretti

Filippo de Pisis (voice)

Corrado Oddi

Ottone Rosai (voice)

Rocco Tedeschi

Additional Voice (voice)

Valentina Cervi

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