Mussolini: Ultimo Atto

• Director: Carlo Lizzani
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• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: War Drama, Biopic
• Themes: Totalitarian States
• Main Cast: Henry Fonda, Lisa Gastoni, Franco Nero, Rod Steiger
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: IT
• Run Time: 126 minutes

Plot

Rod Steiger portrays Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in this internationally produced "how the mighty have fallen" biopic. In the waning days of the war, the once-strutting Il Duce hides from his pursuers like a common thief. He's hoping to fall into the hands of his former Axis comrades or the benign Allied troops, rather than suffer the vengeance of the out-for-blood Italian freedom fighters. But it is the latter group who reaches Mussolini first, ignominiously executing both the dictator and his mistress Clara Petracchi (Lisa Gastoni). This strangely cast period piece features Henry Fonda as a German cardinal and Franco Nero as an Italian officer. Originally titled Mussolini: Ultimo Atto, The Last Days of Mussolini was also issued as The Last Four Days. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Giuseppe Addobbati; Andrea Aurelia; Franco Balducci; Lino Capolicchio - Pedro; Bruno Corazzari; Tom Felleghy; Henry Fonda - Cardinal Schuster; Lisa Gastoni - Clara Petacci; Marco Guglielmi; Franco Nero - Col. Valerio; Luciano Pigozzi; Umberto Raho; Giacomo Rossi-Stuart; Massimo Sarchielli; John Stacy; Rod Steiger - Mussolini; Gaetano Russo; Dante Posani; Luigi Antonio Guerra

Credit

Amedeo Fago - Art Director, Ugo Pericoli - Costume Designer, Carlo Lizzani - Director, Franco Fraticelli - Editor, Ennio Morricone - Composer (Music Score), Roberto Gerardi - Cinematographer, Enzo Peri - Producer, Carlo Lizzani - Screenwriter, Fabio Pittoru - Screenwriter

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