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Mussolini and I is a 1985 TV docu-drama, directed by Alberto Negrin, about the strained relationship between Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and his son-in-law and foreign minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano, based on Ciano's diaries. Made in English as an Italian-French-German-Swiss-Spanish-US co-production, with Bob Hoskins, Anthony Hopkins and Susan Sarandon in the leading roles, it first aired on Rai Uno on 15 April 1985 in a 130-minute version. On 8 September 1985, it premiered in the USA on HBO in an extended four-hour version.
Original Release
04/15/1985 on hbo
US Release
09/08/1985
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Susan Sarandon | Edda Mussolini Ciano |
| Anthony Hopkins | Count Galeazzo Ciano |
| Bob Hoskins | Benito Mussolini |
| Annie Girardot | Rachele Mussolini |
| Barbara De Rossi | Claretta Petacci |
| Dietlinde Turban | Felicitas Beetz |
| Vittorio Mezzogiorno | Sandro Pavolini |
| Fabio Testi | Lorenzo |
| Massimo Dapporto | Vittorio Mussolini |
| Gian-Polo Vetturini | Marzio |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 08 September 1985 |
| 2 | Episode #1.2 | Monday, 09 September 1985 |
| 3 | Episode #1.3 | Tuesday, 10 September 1985 |
| 4 | Episode #1.4 | Wednesday, 11 September 1985 |
Directors
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Susan Sarandon | Edda Mussolini Ciano |
| Anthony Hopkins | Count Galeazzo Ciano |
| Bob Hoskins | Benito Mussolini |
| Annie Girardot | Rachele Mussolini |
| Barbara De Rossi | Claretta Petacci |
| Dietlinde Turban | Felicitas Beetz |
| Vittorio Mezzogiorno | Sandro Pavolini |
| Fabio Testi | Lorenzo |
| Massimo Dapporto | Vittorio Mussolini |
| Gian-Polo Vetturini | Marzio |
| Luca Orlandini | Fabrizio |
| Franco Mazzieri | Marinelli |
| Leslie Thomas | De Bono |
| Luigi Romano | Pareschi |
| Mario Ingrassia | Gottardi |
| Manuela Mortera | Anna Maria |
| Eric Valsecchi | Romano |
| Oliver Domnick | SS Colonel |
| Ted Rusoff | Francesco Saverio Petacci |
| Kurt Raab | Adolf Hitler |
