Cast: Luca Marinelli, Francesco Russo Barbara Chichiarelli, Benedetta Cimatti, Federico Majorana, Lorenzo Zurzolo, Federico Mainardi, Maurizio Lombardi, Gianmarco Vettori, Gaetano Bruno, Paolo Pierobon, Elena Lietti, Gianluca Gobbi ,Gabriele Falsetta, Vincenzo Nemolato
Produced by: Sky Studios and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, a Fremantle company, in co-production with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, in collaboration with Fremantle, CINECITTÀ S.p.A., and Sky
International Sales: Fremantle
Like the eponymous novel, the series will tell the history of a country that surrendered to dictatorship, and the story of a man who was able to rise from his ashes time and again. The eight-part series will cover the period from the founding of Fasci Italiani in 1919 through to Mussolini’s infamous speech in parliament following the murder of socialist MP Giacomo Matteotti in 1925. The series will also provide viewers with an insight into Mussolini and his personal relationships, including with his wife Rachele, his lover Margherita Sarfatti, and with other iconic figures from the time.