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Mussolini: Son of the Century - Miniseries

First aired Jan 10, 2025Season 1

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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Episode 1

Episode 1

7.4
Jan 10, 202560 min14 votes

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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Episode 2

Episode 2

8.0
Jan 10, 202562 min13 votes

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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Episode 3

Episode 3

7.8
Jan 17, 202551 min11 votes

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

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Episode 4

Episode 4

8.0
Jan 17, 202556 min11 votes

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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Episode 5

Episode 5

7.8
Jan 24, 202551 min11 votes

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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Episode 6

7.9
Jan 24, 202552 min9 votes

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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Episode 7

Episode 7

8.1
Jan 31, 202552 min9 votes

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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Episode 8

Episode 8

8.6
Jan 31, 202561 min10 votes

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?