Series

Mussolini: Son of the Century

2025 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Drama, War & Politics

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The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.

Seasons

1 season · 8 episodes

1
Episode 1

10 Jan 2025 1h 1m

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.
2
Episode 2

10 Jan 2025 1h 3m

The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
3
Episode 3

17 Jan 2025 51m

Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.
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Episode 4

17 Jan 2025 56m

Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
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Episode 5

24 Jan 2025 52m

Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
6
Episode 6

24 Jan 2025 53m

Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
7
Episode 7

31 Jan 2025 53m

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.
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Episode 8

31 Jan 2025 1h 2m

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?