Last Days of Mussolini ( Mussolini: Ultimo atto ) ( The Last 4 Days (The Last Tyrant) )

Last Days of Mussolini (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mussolini: Ultimo atto
Alternate Title: The Last 4 Days (The Last Tyrant)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Uncut
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Carlo Lizzani

Written By:
Fabio Pittorru

Actors:
Rod Steiger ..... Benito Mussolini
Franco Nero ..... Walter Audisio 'Valerio'
Lisa Gastoni ..... Claretta Petacci
Lino Capolicchio ..... Pierluigi Bellini delle Stelle 'Pedro'
Giuseppe Addobbati ..... Raffaele Cadorna
Andrea Aureli ..... Lt. Fritz Birzer
Bruno Corazzari ..... Rodolfo Graziani
Rodolfo Dal Pra ..... Otto Kisnat
Francesco Di Federico ..... Secret Agent of Fascist Service
Manfred Freyberger ..... Jack Donati
Marco Guglielmi
Umberto Raho
Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Massimo Sarchielli
Bill Vanders

Synopsis:

Rod Steiger (In The Heat Of The Night, On The Waterfront) heads an all star international cast as Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini in Carlo Lizzani's Last Days Of Mussolini. April, 1945, The Third Reich are losing ground during the final months of World War II, fascist dictator Mussolini (Steiger) flees the wrath of his own people and heads for Switzerland with his mistress, Claretta Petacci. Hunted by both the Americans led by Jack Donati, and the partisans, Mussolini is swiftly captured by the freedom fighters and held prisoner on the shores of Lake Como. Mussolini and his lover must endure a night of soul searching before answering for their crimes at dawn. History comes to life in this explosively tense, sprawling World War II drama also featuring Henry Fonda (The Grapes Of Wrath), Lino Capolicchio (The House Of Laughing Windows), Umberto Raho (Secrets Of A Call Girl), Luciano Pigozzi (The Whip And The Body) and Franco Nero (Django) with a score composed by Ennio Morricone. Never before available in the UK on DVD, Last Days Of Mussolini is presented by Eureka Entertainment, uncut and in a new transfer taken from the original negative.

Rod Steiger portrays Italian dictator Benito Mussolini in this internationally produced "how the mighty have fallen" biopic. In the waning days of the war, the once-strutting Il Duce hides from his pursuers like a common thief. He's hoping to fall into the hands of his former Axis comrades or the benign Allied troops, rather than suffer the vengeance of the out-for-blood Italian freedom fighters. But it is the latter group who reaches Mussolini first, ignominiously executing both the dictator and his mistress Clara Petracchi (Lisa Gastoni). This strangely cast period piece features Henry Fonda as a German cardinal and Franco Nero as an Italian officer. Originally titled Mussolini: Ultimo Atto, The Last Days of Mussolini was also issued as The Last Four Days.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 13 August, 2011.

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