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Benito (film)

{{Short description|1993 television film directed by Gianluigi Calderone}}

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{{Infobox television

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|it|Il Giovane Mussolini}} {{Infobox name module|es|El joven Mussolini}}

| writer = Vincenzo Cerami,
Mimmo Rafele,
Lidia Ravera

| starring = Antonio Banderas,
Susanne Lothar,
Toni Bertorelli

| director = Gianluigi Calderone

| released = {{Start date|1993}}

| runtime = 307 minutes

| language = Italian

}}

Benito ({{langx|it|Il Giovane Mussolini}}) is an Italian TV miniseries regarding the story of Benito Mussolini's early rise to power{{Cite news |date=11 June 1993 |url-access=subscription |title=TVE y la RAI presentan 'El joven Mussolini' con Antonio Banderas |language=Spanish |work=El País |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1993/06/11/radiotv/739749603_850215.html |access-date=24 February 2024}}{{Cite news |last=Kitchen |first=Matthew |date=14 June 2013 |title=The 8 Best Film Roles Based on History's Worst Villains |work=Esquire |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g1516/crazy-real-life-movie-villains-061313/ |access-date=24 February 2024}} in the Socialist International and his relationship with Angelica Balabanoff. It was made in 1993 by RTVE of Spain, Rai Due of Italy, Microfilm, and the Kirch Company. It stars Antonio Banderas as Mussolini.

Synopsis

Mussolini arrives in a small town in 1901 and gets a job as a school teacher; he is subsequently fired for having sex with the headmaster's daughter. This would be a common theme throughout the movie. After giving up on teaching, he works as a builder on the new University of Geneva campus building, and where a lover persuades him to become a student. This is also where he organizes his first protest after the death of a worker he knew. For this, he is nearly deported but is saved by Angelica's intervention. After getting run out of then-Austro-Hungarian Trieste, he goes back to his hometown of Forlì, where he marries Rachele. Soon he is at the forefront of the Socialist movement when he becomes the editor-in-chief of Avanti!. At this point Mussolini unites the "reds," the Socialists, with the "yellows," the Republicans in an anti-war movement. This marks the peak of his power, with the Italian left-wing politics under his control. However, he gradually loses his anti-war fervor and splits from the Socialist party altogether, turning all his allies into enemies.

Cast

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0107012|Benito (English), Il Giovane Mussolini (Italian)}}

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Category:Italian television films

Category:Italian television miniseries

Category:1993 television films

Category:1993 films

Category:Films about Benito Mussolini

Category:Films directed by Gianluigi Calderone

Category:1990s Italian films

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