Plot
The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.
Cast
George C. Scott
as Benito Mussolini
Virginia Madsen
as Clara Petacci
Lee Grant
as Rachele Mussolini
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
as Edda Mussolini-Ciano
Raúl Juliá
as Count Galeazzo Ciano
Robert Downey Jr.
as Bruno Mussolini
Gabriel Byrne
as Vittorio Mussolini
Kenneth Colley
as King Vittorio Emmanuele
Michael Aldridge
as Matteotti
Gunnar Möller
as Adolf Hitler