Mussolini: Son of the Century
Miniseries
20258 episodes
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.
Episode 1
Episode 1
Jan 10, 20251h
TMDB rating 7.4TMDB
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.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Jan 10, 20251h 2m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Jan 17, 202551m
TMDB rating 7.8TMDB
Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Jan 17, 202556m
TMDB rating 8.0TMDB
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Episode 5
Episode 5
Jan 24, 202551m
TMDB rating 7.8TMDB
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
Episode 6
Episode 6
Jan 24, 202552m
TMDB rating 7.9TMDB
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Jan 31, 202552m
TMDB rating 8.1TMDB
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.
Episode 8
Episode 8
Jan 31, 20251h 1m
TMDB rating 8.6TMDB
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?