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Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.

Director

Emmanuelle Nobécourt

Writers

Jeanne Burel | Emmanuelle Nobécourt

Producer

Martin Laurent

Composer

Jean Poulhalec (original music by)

Cinematographers

Sandro Chessa (cinematography) | Georges De Genevraye (cinematography)

Editor

Erwan Bizeul (edited by)

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 11, 2021

Release date

Feb 28, 2022 (Finland)

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21 cast members

Name	Known for
Chloé Rejon Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Les yeux bandés (2007)
Benito Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hundred Days (1935)
Mauro Canali Self Self See fewer	Passato e presente (2017)
Marc Lazar Self Self See fewer	Face à l'image (2003)
Vito Zagarrio Self Self See fewer	Three Days of Anarchy (2005)
Caterina D'Amico Self Self See fewer	As God Commands (2008)
Vittorio Mussolini Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I cavalieri del deserto (1942)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Alessandro Blasetti Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	First Communion (1950)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Francesca Comencini Self Self See fewer	Lo spazio bianco (2009)
Giulio Andreotti Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Il tassinaro (1983)
Luchino Visconti Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Leopard (1963)
Pope Pius XII Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Embezzled Heaven (1958)
Vittorio De Sica Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Amedeo Nazzari Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Totò Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cops and Robbers (1951)
Marcello Mastroianni Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	La Dolce Vita (1960)
Vittorio Gassman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sleepers (1996)
Gina Lollobrigida Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Sophia Loren Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Two Women (1960)