Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator

Cast

Benito Mussolini

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gabriele D'Annunzio

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Emilio De Bono

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Italo Balbo

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Cesare Maria De Vecchi

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Neville Chamberlain

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Pietro Badoglio

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Antonio Gramsci

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Umberto Nobile

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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