Mussolini: The Untold Story
24/11/1985



The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.
Cast


George C. Scott
Benito Mussolini


Virginia Madsen
Clara Petacci


Lee Grant
Rachele Mussolini


Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Edda Mussolini-Ciano


Raúl Juliá
Count Galeazzo Ciano


Robert Downey Jr.
Bruno Mussolini


Gabriel Byrne
Vittorio Mussolini


Kenneth Colley
King Vittorio Emmanuele


Michael Aldridge
Matteotti


Gunnar Möller
Adolf Hitler


Gina Bellman
Gena Ruberti


George Coulouris
DeBono


Vernon Dobtcheff
Sebastiani


Michael Forest
Prison Commandant


Anne-Louise Lambert
Orsola
Steve Marshall
Romano


David Suchet
Dino Grandi


Wolf Kahler
Skorzeny


Peter Birch
Major Schmidt
Paul Kehagias
Young Bruno


Paul Herzberg
Major Spogler


Godfrey James
Badoglio
Spencer Chandler
Young Vittorio Mussolini


Annabel Leventon
Senora Pettacci


Eileen Way
Vendor
David Pullan
German Officer at Prison
Richard Kane
Von Ribbentropp


Tracy-Louise Ward
Maria Giano


Constantine Gregory
Barone Russo


Robert Gwilym
Partisan Leader


Philip Madoc
Bocchini


Michael Forrest
Prison Commandant


Michael MacKenzie
Amafi


Bruce Lidington
Air Force Major


Tony Vogel
Tarabella


John Moreno
Man at Border
Deborah Norton
Mrs. Thompson
Janet Graham
Fascist Woman


Milton Johns
German Ambassador


Virginia Hey
Young Woman
Ryan Michael
Jewish Boy
Monique Sofronski
Young girl


Relja Bašić


Božidar Smiljanić
Claretta's Doctor (uncredited)
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