Mussolini: Son of the Century

Miniseries

2025 · 8 episodes · 7h 25m in all · 7.9/10

Benito Mussolini's early career from his founding of the Fasci Italiani in 1919 up to the assassination of socialist politician Giacomo Matteotti in 1924 and his speech in Parliament on 3 January 1925.

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   10 Jan 2025 · 60 min · 7.4/10

   Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.

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   2. Episode 2

   10 Jan 2025 · 62 min · 8.0/10

   The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.

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   3. Episode 3

   17 Jan 2025 · 51 min · 7.8/10

   Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.

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   4. Episode 4

   17 Jan 2025 · 56 min · 8.0/10

   Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.

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   5. Episode 5

   24 Jan 2025 · 51 min · 7.8/10

   Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.

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   6. Episode 6

   24 Jan 2025 · 52 min · 7.9/10

   Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.

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   7. Episode 7

   31 Jan 2025 · 52 min · 8.1/10

   Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.

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   8. Episode 8

   31 Jan 2025 · 61 min · 8.6/10

   With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?